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Country was founded by Christians.
Country is majority Christian.
Others are welcome here, but they will follow the majority rule.
Don't like it?
Move.
A majority, yes, but it was not founded for Christians. It was founded as a place where all can believe or not believe as they see fit, and no one religion can be promoted by the government.
I do not have any problem with this. I admired Mr. Graham back in my youth; he was the only preacher I enjoyed listening to back in the 1970s. That I subsequently became an atheist is not his fault.
Anyway, the First Amendment refers to Congress not 'establishing' a religion, and this would obviously not rise to that standard.
The first private citizens to lay in state was in 1998, for two law officials that were killed in the line of duty while protecting the Capital from an armed assailant:
Country was founded by Christians.
Country is majority Christian.
Others are welcome here, but they will follow the majority rule.
Don't like it?
Move.
BS
The founding fathers were quite clear about leaving government out of religion and vice versa. They'd seen the havoc that came from having religion involved government back and wanted no part of it.
Though about half the U.S. claims to be church-going Christians, only about 25% or so actually attend church on any sort of regular basis.
I had nothing against the man personally, but Billy Graham was a private citizen and religious figure not a politician, so why is he being afforded a priviledge normally reserved for Presidents and National political leaders?
It’s somewhat strange but it doesn’t bother me, and I’m totally non-religious. He was a good man.
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Country was founded by Christians.
Country is majority Christian.
Others are welcome here, but they will follow the majority rule. Don't like it?
Move.
Since you bring up the founders, they didn't like it and they didn't move, they changed it.
BTW, 'Love it or leave it' was BS in the '70s, it hasn't improved with age.
I had nothing against the man personally, but Billy Graham was a private citizen and religious figure not a politician, so why is he being afforded a priviledge normally reserved for Presidents and National political leaders?
Where was your concern when he was praying in the White House with every single American President in his lifetime?
I had nothing against the man personally, but Billy Graham was a private citizen and religious figure not a politician, so why is he being afforded a priviledge normally reserved for Presidents and National political leaders?
And this affects you how ?
Billy Graham played a role in numerous administrations, being an advisor to many Presidents. He is not just some television evangelist, much more than that.
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