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Old 12-26-2012, 08:23 AM   #11
Griff
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The Constitution became a quasi-religious document during the Civil War when religious rhetoric was used to justify the immense loss of life. Lincoln created a permanent Union from an organization often seen as a temporary convenience by his contemporaries. People who call this a Christian nation often look to that rhetoric for ammunition in the culture war. It is quite impossible for some religious to separate their God(s) from their Country or its founding documents. That said, we do have an often ignored Constitutional mechanism that would be very appropriate to use especially when addressing questions specific to previous language.
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