Wow, I am in the rare position of agreeing wholeheartedly with Rjh4!
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyN...10718.html
Our nation is predominantly Christian so it should come as no surprise that the majority of our elected officials would share that belief or at least pay it lip service to secure the Christian vote. The same goes for laws. It is actually a surprise to me that our body of law doesn't adhere to Christian morals even more than it already does.
The fact that there isn't a clear break between church and state is an artifact of democracy rather than by any design of our founding fathers.
Rhizo
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyN...10718.html
Quote:Eighty-three percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians. Most of the rest, 13 percent, have no religion. That leaves just 4 percent as adherents of all non-Christian religions combined — Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and a smattering of individual mentions.Bolding mine
Our nation is predominantly Christian so it should come as no surprise that the majority of our elected officials would share that belief or at least pay it lip service to secure the Christian vote. The same goes for laws. It is actually a surprise to me that our body of law doesn't adhere to Christian morals even more than it already does.
The fact that there isn't a clear break between church and state is an artifact of democracy rather than by any design of our founding fathers.
Rhizo
