Originally posted by Lenny2 I love political threads where Colin's involved About myth 2. A lot of people are under the illusion that Americans are religious, and more specifically, Christian. We are probably the most christianized people on the planet, but even in the gallup polls where people "lie", only 50 million Americans claim to be "christians" 50 million out of a population of about 250 million, that's about 20%. However, the christian dogs are the ones that bark the loudest, and to add yet another cliche, the squeaky wheel gets the oil, so the "christian right" influences public policy to a degree largely disproportionate to their percentage of our population. And yes, you're all stupid

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