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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Well, not to mention the fact that most of the "founding fathers" actually weren't Christians. Jefferson and Adams were deists. Franklin was an atheist.
This idea that America was founded on "Christian" values isn't just intolerant and damaging. It's historically wrong. America was founded on secular enlightenment values. It isn't perfect, but that's the historical truth of the matter. To pretend that American culture=Christian culture is just a way of justifying intolerance.
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True, but an atheist or a deist wouldn't necessarily see swearing on the bible as a conflict, especially 200 years ago. Certainly a muslim would. That's why it hasn't been an issue until now.
As I mentioned, I truly believe they should be made to swear on the constitution itself.
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