The Christian nationalist claim gives these colonies even more weight and goes something like this: 1. Christian settlers came to North America seeking religious freedom and established Christian governments—Christian nations—to protect that religious freedom; 2. The United States also has religious freedom; 3. Therefore, America is a Christian nation with a Christian government.37 The Christian nationalists are arguing that a Christian nation is the basis of religious freedom—that a Christian nation is not only compatible with religious freedom, but also a prerequisite. In truth, religious
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