Is America Really a Christian Nation

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<p>From the Bill of Rights:

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<p>According to [Statistics</a> on Religion in America Report – Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life](<a href=“Religion in America: U.S. Religious Data, Demographics and Statistics | Pew Research Center”>Religion in America: U.S. Religious Data, Demographics and Statistics | Pew Research Center), the most commonly practiced religion is Christianity. Does this make us a Christian nation? I don’t know, that’s a difficult question. Our national sense of morality seems to be very influenced on Christian ideas of morality, but we don’t make any laws respecting the establishment of religion. It’s a difficult question to answer.</p>

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<p>Except that we’re not talking about an “almost birthed” baby–about 90% of abortions are done before the 13th week of gestation, before the baby can see, hear, think, or feel anything (and I would certainly agree that late-term abortions are wrong). It may as well be a rabbit–and even that’s being a bit generous. The only thing distinguishing it from one is that it will become a person. So I guess that’s my question: why does it have a right to become a person? Why is it wrong to prevent it from becoming a person?</p>

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<p>This leads back to the question I just asked: why does a (unconscious) baby have a right to become a person? Somebody convicted of a crime obviously has a right to a trial because it’s wrong to punish somebody who is innocent, but the case of aborting an infant isn’t quite as clear. And try to give concrete reasons, not just “well it’s common sense.”</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, it is. Ever seen a non-Christian in the White House? And no other religious group seems to really hold any sway over the law the same way Christians do.</p>