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A 3 page summation/analysis of Isaac Kramnick and R. Lawrence Moore's essay "Is American a Christian Nation?" The writer argues that these author offer a persuasive argument for the separation of church and state as envisioned by the framers of the US Constitution. In so doing, the authors argue that this separation is essential to the continuation of democracy in this country and that the founding fathers in creating a secular government were not being irreverent, but rather ensuring that freedom of religion would not be encroached upon by political aims. No bibliography is offered with this paper.
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state as envisioned by the framers of the US Constitution. In so doing, they argue that this separation is essential to the continuation of democracy in this country and that
the founding fathers in creating a secular government were not being irreverent, but rather ensuring that freedom of religion would not be encroached upon by political aims. The authors
begin their essay by addressing some of the sillier aspects of the continuing controversy over the division of church and state, i.e., having a nativity scene on public property at
Christmas or requiring first graders to have a moment of silent meditation. They write that "Common sense might suggest that these are harmless practices whose actual damage is to
trivialize religion" (Kramnick and Moore 578). However, they go on to argue that such trivial debates reflect the seriousness of threat of those who would do away with the church/state
division. In which case, "The cr?che or menorah on public property becomes the nose of the camel sneaking into the tent where Americans have carefully enshrined the constitutional separation of
church and state" (579). This threat, the authors argue, is very serious indeed. In the hands of a "purported majority," the authors argue that religious fervor can evolve into "intellectual
and political tyranny" (579). Kramnick and Moore point out that the religious right frequently argues that the United States is a "Christian nation" that was founded by "Christian
people" (580). While the authors do not deny the religious heritage of American history, they argue that the founding fathers intentionally created a secular -- "godless" -- Constitution that does
not contain any suggestion that "human beings can know and follow divine direction in reaching policy decisions" (579). They see the "party of religious correctness," which is how they
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