“Our Founding Fathers had one thing in mind when they founded this country, and it was a Christian nation built upon the principles of Jesus Christ.”
GEORGIA STATE REP. JAY NEAL
Neal spoke at a rally protesting a school superintendent’s ruling that high school cheerleaders couldn’t hold banners with Scripture quotes to support their football team. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
“We are a calm nation that drinks beer and eats dumplings, and we have strong antibodies to any kind of religious persuasion because of our history.”
ALES OPARTNY
The lecturer at the Catholic Theological Faculty of Charles University in Prague was commenting on Pope Benedict XVI’s recent visit to the famously secular Czech Republic. (New York Times)
“The Vatican and this pope have been absolutizing the traditions of the past without thinking of the reasoning behind these rules, which is what Jesus was fighting against.”
DANIEL BARTON
Barton, 25, is a youth leader in the Czech Republic’s largest Protestant denomination. (New York Times)