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Actually, FDR's specific reference to the cross of Christianity is "cramming" that religion down the throat of every Jew or of any other faith who might be listening to that speech. He would not get away with it today. As an atheist, I am not offended by generic and non-specific references to a deity, hell, I can afford to be tolerant about it, and who knows, they might even be right.

But in an ecumenical society (which the US most certainly was not in the 40s) it would be bad form, not to me, but to other religionists. Not that this has anything to do with the case in question. If you have trouble grasping that, consider how tolerant you might be about references to Allah (PBUH) in any of Mr Obama's correspondence. The right side of the stadium would be squealing with outrage. And they would have every right to do so.

I brought this up in my last post but I guess you never got that far.

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