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A majority of Republicans nationally support establishing Christianity as the national religion, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey released Tuesday. The poll by the Democratic-leaning firm found that 57 percent of Republicans “support establishing Christianity as the national religion” while 30 percent are opposed. Another 13 percent said they were not sure. The irony is rich. Many Republican activists like to describe themselves as “Constitutional Conservatives,” but under the Constitution – at least in this country – the very idea of a national religion is antithetical to the American tradition. Indeed, the opening words of the Bill of Rights explicitly say, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” There’s nothing “conservative” about a theocratic agenda in which one faith tradition is endorsed by the government above all other belief systems. But this week, it wasn’t just the poll results that highlighted the problem. A county Republican Party in Idaho pushed a resolution that intended to identify Idaho as a “formally and specifically declared a Christian state.” One local activist told reporters, “We’re a Christian community in a Christian state and the Republican Party is a Christian party.” The resolution was ultimately defeated by the state party, but the fact that it was considered, and enjoyed a fair amount of support, was unsettling for supporters of church-state separation. Read more at: http://tinyurl.com/k4l7fh2 -- Proud to be a Liberal. |
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