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Jun 25, 2024 · June 25, 2024. By Beau Underwood, Brian Kaylor. (Sightings) — Seventy years ago, the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag was baptized. For its first six decades, the Pledge was “godless,”...
Jul 3, 2024 · And recent legal battles over religious liberty in the U.S.A. raise serious questions about the freedom to worship in America. So when our Founders came up with the First Amendment, were they trying to keep the government free from religion, or religion free from government?
Jun 20, 2024 · For its first six decades, the Pledge was “godless,” going straight from “one nation” to “indivisible.” President Dwight D. Eisenhower changed that on Flag Day, June 14, in 1954, as he signed congressional legislation to add “under God” to the national oath.
3 days ago · Column: The once-secretive right-wing ideology emerging as an overt threat to American democracy. An image from the documentary “Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy ...
Jul 10, 2024 · Christian leaders preached, Alberta writes, that “America was under assault from secular liberal elites and godless government bureaucrats, and Christians needed to start fighting back.” For many evangelicals, he says, “the first step toward preserving Christian values … was to do away with Christian values.”
Jul 7, 2024 · Describing related political and religious orientations, liberalism emerged from the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century, the Enlightenment critiques of religion, and the English, American, and French revolutions of the 17th and 18th centuries.
4 days ago · Since the late 19th century, some right-wing Christians have argued that the United States of America is essentially Christian in origin. They preach American exceptionalism , oppose liberal scholars, and emphasize the Christian identity of many Founding Fathers.
