My Take: When it comes to 'God' in our political platforms, less is more

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1. Not a bad take, overall -

when consideration is taken as to the author. I do disagree with this assertion (emphasis is mine):

As a matter of tradition, Americans have always mixed church and state, but they have almost always tried to do so in ways that were respectful of adherents of minority religions and of citizens without any religion at all. So what our two religious parties are doing today runs in the American grain.

I have never found the mix of church and state respectful in any way, to any faith and most certainly not to citizens without religion. Mr. Prothero is sugar-coating that reality a bit.