GregP did say:

On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 23:10:11 -0500, WoodMangler
wrote:


Agreed. But keep in mind that the US was founded by and for Christians.


It was founded by Christians of various stripes, and Jews, and
Muslims, and people with a range of religions I know nothing
about (slaves who weren't Muslims).

Let me go read that declaration of independence again... Perhaps I missed
Abdul's signature the first time.

And a lot of them
(especially the slaves) did a very significant portion of the work to
make the US possible. I don't know whether it was "for Chrisitians,"
but it is true that Christians enslaved and discriminated against a
significant percentage of the denizens and ultimately citizens of this
country. I don't see how such behavior confers any special rights and
privileges on them, at least not in the 21st century in the US, unless
you have a Taliban-style philosophy of a religious state.

At what point did I state or imply that Christians have or deserve special
rights and privileges? I believe I stated that more religious symbols
should not be placed in public places. But I also think that ripping out
the existing ones makes no more sense than chiseling the faces off of Mt.
Rushmore, teaching revisionist history, or eradicating any other artifact
of our shared history.

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