Is the United States a Judeo-Christian Nation?

By U.S. News Staff

May 7, 2009 RSS Feed Print

President Obama took a lot of heat from social conservatives for his recent remark that Americans "do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values." And Obama's handling of today's National Day of Prayer was taken by many in the religious right as a slap. Is Obama wrong? Is the United States a Judeo-Christian Nation? Rep. Randy Forbes sure thinks so. What do you think? Post your thoughts below.

Previously: Should Supreme Court Candidates Be Limited to Lawyers and Judges?

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Do you mean christian a one who believes that Jesus is the only way and savior?

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