America is NOT a christian nation

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Maybe this will get the crazies to quiet down with the Christian nation nonsense.

America was founded by some Christians. The inspiration for her conception was based in part on religious freedom. Bla bla bla. It’s all true, but when it comes down to it, the founders of the nation and it’s constitution wanted separation of church and state, and would cringe to hear it called a Christian nation.

The 1796 Treaty with Tripoli clearly states in act 11:

As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;

That seems pretty clear cut. They weren’t messing around with “in any sense” tossed in there for good measure.

In case you doubt the claims above, or the existance or validity of the aforementioned act in the treaty see this:

Authored by American diplomat Joel Barlow in 1796, the following treaty was sent to the floor of the Senate, June 7, 1797, where it was read aloud in its entirety and unanimously approved. John Adams, having seen the treaty, signed it and proudly proclaimed it to the Nation.

This is really interesting stuff. Did I miss this because I was home schooled, or did they glaze over this in public schools too? I’m amazed at the stuff my friends don’t know having been publicly educated, isn’t it important to know stuff like this about our country?

The full text of the treaty, including links, can be found here.