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McCain and the Christianists

By The Daily Dish
Sep 29 2007, 8:29 AM ET

The pandering continues. Beliefnet just interviewed the senator:

Beliefnet: A recent poll found that 55 percent of Americans believe the U.S. Constitution establishes a Christian nation. What do you think?

McCain: I would probably have to say yes, that the Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation. But I say that in the broadest sense. The lady that holds her lamp beside the golden door doesn't say, “I only welcome Christians.” We welcome the poor, the tired, the huddled masses. But when they come here they know that they are in a nation founded on Christian principles.

The Constitution established America as a Christian nation?



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