the fundie-mental problem with pluralism
Bay of Fundie makes an observation about the “Christian nation” mindset that might actually help the rest of us relate to their problem understanding the first amendment’s separation of church and state. Eskow suspects that the main stumbling block in their thinking is that “[s]omebody lied to them and told them this is a Christian country, so now they all believe that.” Upon that shaky foundation, an entire edifice of revisionism is built:
So that is the fundie-mental problem (yes, read that both ways). This insight allows us to change our tactics. You can quote the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to them all you want, but that doesn’t matter to them. They think they own the country. We need to change that misconception first.