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January 3, 2013

The War Against the Assumption

Mark Silk, Religion News Service

The assumption, that is, that we’re all Christians.

Sure, the legal imperative is to avoid giving the impression of governmental religious endorsement. Erect a crèche in front of a post office and it’s an establishment of religion. Stick a menorah next to it and it’s a constitutional display of American spiritual folkways.

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