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America is a Christian nation? Since when?

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The Constitution never mentions God, and the founding fathers were adamant about the separation of church and state. The Pledge of Allegiance didn't say under God till the 1950s, so why do so many

Americans consider this a Christian nation? We'll hear how big business used religion to discredit

the new deal,

organized labor, and government regulation. Socialism was demonized and God associated with free

enterprise capitalism all the way to the White House. Is that legacy still with us?

Today's talking point, the U.S. and Cuba face off and come together at the summit of the Americas.

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Hello again, Warren. I'll be back with The Poet. American values may be compatible with

the Christian Bible, but the founding fathers insisted on the separation of church and state.

Yet many Americans believe they live in a historically Christian nation. We'll hear about a long-running

campaign to associate religion with business and politics. Today's

talking point, the presidents of the U.S. and Cuba have talked on the phone for the second time

in 50 years, but not all is going well at the summit of the Americas. When will Cuba be taken

off America's terror list? We'll talk about that later. First is news update. More tension today

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