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No matter how hard one may try to prove otherwise, this country was founded on religious principles and beliefs. It is important that our children are taught this not only in church but also as a matter of history in our schools.
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If it was founded on religious principles, they weren't yours! Here is an official government document that proclaims that the United States was not founded on the Christian religion.
Article 11 of the
US Treaty with Tripoli
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Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
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Signed by John Adams and unanimously approved by the Senate in 1797.