Just some food for thought. Legally, according to the Constitution, we are not in any way a Christian nation. No, this isn’t a First Amendment argument. In fact, it’s probably nothing you’d expect.

Under Article VI of the Constitution:

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

Treaties shall be the supreme law of the land. Any treaty this nation adheres to shall be considered as authoritative as the Constitution itself. Now here’s the funny part. Article 11 of the 1796 Treaty of Tripoli says:

“As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.”

The United States is not a Christian nation, according to a treaty with the Barbary states of Tripoli, Algiers, and Tunis. Additionally, the treaty says that we shouldn’t wage any sort of holy war or crusade, or antagonize Muslim nations. And as a treaty, that is the “law of the land.”

Just… some food for thought.