Congress reminds us that Christians are awesome.

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The 2001 Census has 76.5% of the US population identify as Christian, but just because someone says "Christian" on a census form, it doesn't mean they're actually Christian.

The Census does not ask religious data in any way or form. You may be thinking of the ARDA's "census", in which case the figure is the aggregate membership in those established churches taking part in the ARDA's census, and thus an undercount.

Especially bad in the Deep South as a lot of black churches didn't participate.

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There are 6 non-religious members of the U.S. House of Representatives,

lol

Oh, you mean officially.

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But the fact that they have to be closeted about their non-religiousness leads little credence to DWTL's argument.

Oh, I'm well aware of that. Might even be the reason for posting it.

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Way back in the days of Shakespeare, anti-Semitism was rampant; Jews were shunned, were routinely portrayed in hideous caricatures, were forced to wear a red hat to identify themselves, were forced to live in a ghetto to keep them away from good Christian folk, were barred from owning land or entering the professions, and this list goes on and on. 

But not in the country that Shakespeare lived in. Because it was illegal to be Jewish in England at the time.