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Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman  
July 2022

Democracy or Religion?

Publication Date : July 08, 2022
Related Categories: Abortion, Constitution, Democracy, Education, Europe, History, Justice, Op Ed, Privacy, Race, Religion, Rights, War, Women
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During our nation?s founding, western Europe, including England, had recently emerged from two centuries of ugly religious wars. The educated elites considered themselves men of reason, not religion, and they were in charge after religious wars ended. The French Revolution went resolutely secular, going so far as to persecute Catholic priests. Eventually, the two factions made peace, and France was never again an overtly Catholic state.

The new United States underwent the same ali more...

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