Derek Bernardi writes: > In the 1796 US treaty with Tripoli, George Washington wrote, “The government > of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the > Christian religion.” Compare that to a quote from Mike Huckabee in which he > stated, “I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would > be to change the word of the living God. And that’s what we need to do – to > amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change > God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view.” <
I was struck by this pair of quotations. George says that the US isn't Christian, but Mike says nothing about Christianity (here). Rather, people like Huckabee see the country as "Judeo-Christian." Yeah, that's _code_ for Christian dominion, but we should recognize that there's a public face. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
