I'm not saying you feel about them the same way I do do. I'm not saying you have to be a Christian to be an American. I'm saying something simpler and truer. Christianity is America's creed, the shared moral language. From the revolution to the Civil War and beyond. Across that history, our country's major debates have always centered on how we could best, as a people, please God. (21:31–21:37)
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Asserts that Christianity is the foundational moral framework of America.
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