apparently i'm not an american

[fizzgig]

i had to cover an immigration march and the counter-rally for work yesterday, and, as it turns out, i'm not an american

granted, i'm only third generation if you look only at one of my great-grandfathers, but i'm still not an american

why?

because i'm not a christian

i actually had a woman tell me that christianity was our national religion and if you want to emigrate here, that's great as long as you share 'our' faith

why do i hate america?

[Mutley]

1. Ridiculous.

America has no national religion. Having a majority does not equal having a law.

[fizzgig]

3. when i was talking to her

all i wanted as a sign that said :wtf:

then she told me the first americans were christian...

and all these years i thought there were millions of people living here when the europeans arrived, but i guess i was wrong

[Mutley]

5. Even if she were correct about the 'first Americans' (and she isn't!)

that still doesn't mean we have a national religion.

[ComerPerro]

2. Thats completely insane

These are the same people who will tell you, with a straight face, that the trouble with the middle east is that they let religion run their governments...

[billyskank]

4. America's loss

:hi:

[fizzgig]

7. guess i need to 'go home'

just wish i could decide between the half-dozen or so countries my ancestors came from...

:hi:

[billyskank]

13. You can come to England

if you like. :)

[riona]

6. You ARE an American

She is uninformed

[fizzgig]

8. i was going to say she's batshit crazy

but you are nicer than me

[miss_american_pie]

9. So all those Native Americans should leave?

:eyes:

[tjwmason]

10. Pity nobody told the Founding Fathers that.

They seemed to have quite a different idea when they wrote the 6th Article of the U.S. Constitution - they had the temerity to put in there this horrific modern liberal text:

no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States

That's part of the very very original text - even before the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights.

I'm not an American, I am a Christian - but I do know that Christianity is NOT the national religion of the U.S.

[Initech]

11. Dont people even know what the 1st amendment is anymore?

It says it right there in plain English - FREEDOM OF RELIGION.

Or after 9/11/01 is that not relevant anymore? :shrug:

[Neoma]

12. Well...

She's not American for the plain reason that she's dumb as dirt.
So ha!

[UrbScotty]

14. Perhaps she wasn't listening in civics class OR religion class. (nt)

[BikeWriter]

15. Grrr!