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The part of the world that would become the US was settled by devout Christians, and Christianity has played an important part in the formation of America. You would have to be blind to not see the social influence that Christianity has had upon this country since the first settlers arrived. The last time I looked at any statistics, something like 80% of US citizens identified themselves as being Christians of some variety. So whether or not the US is legally a Christian nation is pretty irrelevant.
I'm not a Christian, but I personally don't see anything offensive about having the Ten Commandments or whatever on public buildings - I see it as just an indicator of the enormous impact Christianity has had on the United States and the Western world. Sure,
Christmas is a federal holiday, and I agree that it should be. It is the most important holiday to a practicing Christian, and if the statistic I quoted before is still accurate, then I don't have any problem accommodating the religion of 80% of Americans for one day. If a person is of any other religion and wants to take a day off for observance, the law protects their right to do so.
And I see it coming, please don't make any snide knowitall comments about how Christmas wasn't originally a Christian holiday. I know it, you know it, everyone on the ****ing planet knows it. Its a Christian holiday before anything else in the modern world, and that's all that matters (on a religious basis, anyway).
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