America is not a Christian nation. It is a nation where you are free to be a Christian or a Buddhist or a Hindu or a Muslim or a Jew or an atheist. America was started by religious minorities fleeing religious persecution. That's the promise of America. A multiracial, multicultural democracy. A melting pot, E pluribus unum. Out of many 1. It's a promise that we are still struggling to fulfill today. (10:30–10:35)
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Asserts that America's founding involved religious minorities escaping persecution.
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