Op-Ed: No, Michael Flynn, America doesn't need one religion

There was a time, not so long ago, when Michael Flynn’s latest pronouncement would have been considered outrageous, but I’m afraid we’ve reached the point of outrage fatigue.

Well, no. The United States was not “created as a Judeo-Christian country.” First, the term “Judeo-Christian” was not even invented until the 1890s. More to the point, the founders — many of whom were deists, not orthodox Christians — were highly suspicious of any attempts to favor one religion over another. That sentiment led to the 1st Amendment,

The great irony in Flynn’s statement and in the arguments for Christian nationalism is that religion has flourished in America as nowhere else precisely because faith is uncoerced. The 1st Amendment guarantees that. A coalition of 11 Protestant denominations organized as the National Reform Assn. and met with Abraham Lincoln to enlist his support. The president wisely temporized, averring that “the work of amending the Constitution should not be done hastily.” Although the proposed amendment had several congressional sponsors, it never came up for a vote.

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opinion Thank you, Reverend Balmer. Sort of amazing that an Irish-American Catholic from New England chooses to willfully misunderstand the history of this nation, and what the founders wanted to avoid ...

opinion if people want JeffBezos and amazon to pay taxes then shouldn’t all churches that generate income do the same in paying taxes, at least amazon has an option for returns and free shipping, can’t say the same for many religions if they don’t get the afterlife they wanted

opinion humans dont need any religion. it is a con and a lie

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