http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/opinion/sunday/a-christian-nation-since-when.html?ref=politics "Just a few weeks ago, Public Policy Polling reported that 57 percent of Republicans favored officially making the United States a Christian nation. But in 2007, a survey by the First Amendment Center showed that 55 percent of Americans believed it already was one. The confusion is understandable. For all our talk about separation of church and state, religious language has been written into our political culture in countless ways. It is inscribed in our pledge of patriotism, marked on our money, carved into the walls of our courts and our Capitol. Perhaps because it is everywhere, we assume it has been from the beginning. But the founding fathers didnt create the ceremonies and slogans that come to mind when we consider whether this is a Christian nation. Our grandfathers did."
