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George Pyle: No more about this being a Christian nation

“Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”

Events of the last few weeks have proven, as if proof were necessary, that those who claim that the United States of America is a Christian nation, or a society firmly founded in Judeo-Christian values, are either lying or under the influence of heavy drugs.

We can argue over interpretations of our history, of religious principles or the meaning of the First Amendment. But it becomes more obvious with every passing day that, in the words of that grumpy old man in “Hannah and Her Sisters,” "If Jesus came back and saw what’s going on in his name, he’d never stop throwing up.