Yet America is a pluralistic country. Not everyone must be Christian to be an American — but every citizen must recognize the nation’s philosophical heritage is formed by Christ’s teachings. In this way, the United States is the “Great Melting Pot” or, more aptly, embodies the motto “E Pluribus Unum”: out of many, one. We are only one people by holding to the truths enshrined in the Declaration and Constitution, which, again, cannot be divorced from Judeo-Christian tradition.
But what happens when religiosity fades in a country unified by a creed, the nuclear family, and local communities?
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