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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is there secular Christmas but Hanukkah gets to have a religious symbol of a menorah? The nativity is banned.

Some things seriously puzzle me but whatever. [/quote]

It is popular to ban Christianity even though our country was based on Judeo-Christian values.[/quote]

It was not.  Our constitutional framers deliberately created a secular government with strong protections for and from religion.[/quote]

Ummm... no.  They didn't create a secular government.  They wanted to avoid the religious conflicts that plagued Europe, so banned religious tests for public office and the establishment of a nation-wide religion.  Religious was expected to be a state matter (along with almost everything else.) Otherwise, no, God and prayer are found throughout government documents, meetings, etc. along with their discussions of a religious, virtuous society being necessary for a republican government.  Thomas Jefferson may have wanted a wall of separation, but none of that made it into the founding documents. [/quote]

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