I never said it was a Christian nation, just it was based on Judeo-Christian ideas
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ONe thing to consider is that the first treaty signed by the nation of the > united states, the treaty of tripoli explicly states that the US is not a > Christian nation, to quote Article 11: > > Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any > sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of > enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen; and, as the > said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any > Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from > religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony > existing between the two countries. > -- > > Accordingly given that the treaty was signed and ratified in 1797, you're > looking at a president (President John Adams) and a senate whose members were > directly involved in the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the > Constitution. This treaty clause explicitly states that the US is not a > christian nation. If the ratifiers did not also think so would they have > ratified the treaty, and would the president have authorized it? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262275 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
