{"id":824,"date":"2011-07-05T17:51:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T21:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=824"},"modified":"2011-07-05T23:51:24","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T03:51:24","slug":"faith-news-roundup-for-july-4-america-iswasnot-a-christian-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/07\/faith-news-roundup-for-july-4-america-iswasnot-a-christian-nation.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith News Roundup for July 4: America Is\/Was\/Not a Christian Nation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sorry for the delay, folks &#8212; technical difficulties!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>The Huffington Post&#8217;s Religion section published a range of July 4-themed columns, reflecting the range of beliefs practiced in the United States these days:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/anil-mundra\/god-of-liberty_b_889247.html\">&#8216;God of Liberty&#8217;: The Role of Religion in American Independence <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/rabbi-joshua-levine-grater\/the-torah-the-constitutio_b_889180.html\">The Torah, The Constitution &amp; The 4th of July <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/satpal-singh\/the-4th-of-july-sikhs-cel_b_889375.html\">The 4th of July: Sikhs Celebrate a Self-Evident Truth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And here are some interesting links from other sources &#8212; the common theme seems to be that old \u00a0&#8220;America is\/isn&#8217;t a Christian nation&#8221; chestnut:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/07\/04\/my-take-why-the-u-s-is-not-a-christian-nation\/\">My Take: Why America is Not a Christian Nation<\/a> (CNN Belief Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/Religion\/post\/2011\/07\/atheist-god-july-4th-american-flag\/1?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Religion-TopStories+%28News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Atheists&#8217; July 4: One Nation Under God-less <\/a>(USA Today Faith &amp; Reason blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/billtammeus.typepad.com\/my_weblog\/2011\/07\/7-4-11.html\">What&#8217;s patriotism, anyway? <\/a>(Bill&#8217;s Faith Matters Weblog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/independence.html\">Independence&#8230;<\/a> (Whispers in the Loggia)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/archbishop-gomez-reflects-on-americas-christian-roots-for-july-4th\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+catholicnewsagency%2Fdailynews+%28CNA+Daily+News%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Archbishop Gomez reflects on America&#8217;s Christian roots for July 4th<\/a> (Catholic News Agency)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click  here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat <\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to\u00a0<strong>follow Belief  Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry for the delay, folks &#8212; technical difficulties! The Huffington Post&#8217;s Religion section published a range of July 4-themed columns, reflecting the range of beliefs practiced in the United States these days: &#8216;God of Liberty&#8217;: The Role of Religion in American Independence The Torah, The Constitution &amp; The 4th of July The 4th of July:&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[305,304,100,20,303,14,302,298,93,26,28,297,301,300],"class_list":["post-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","category-news","tag-atheism","tag-atheists","tag-catholicism","tag-catholics","tag-christian-nation","tag-christianity","tag-founding-fathers","tag-independence-day","tag-jewish","tag-jews","tag-judaism","tag-july-4","tag-sikhism","tag-sikhs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Faith News Roundup for July 4: America Is\/Was\/Not a Christian Nation? - Belief Beat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/07\/faith-news-roundup-for-july-4-america-iswasnot-a-christian-nation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Faith News Roundup for July 4: America Is\/Was\/Not a Christian Nation? - Belief Beat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sorry for the delay, folks &#8212; technical difficulties! 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