Author Mansfield Envisions a "Better Society...Less Open to Non-Christian Religions"

By DonByrd

Last week, USAToday published a troubling On Religion column by Stephen Mansfield. In it, the author of The Faith of George Bush called up all of the standard church-state myths and misdirections: that the Founders intended America to be a Christian nation, that religion is being stripped from the public square, that there is no constitutional wall of separation, that preachers are now forbidden from speaking out on the issues of the day by godless "storm troops" like the ACLU... Sadly, we hear these untruths often.

But in a recent interview with Focus on the Family, promoting his new book, Ten Tortured Words: How the Founding Fathers Tried to Protect Religion in America ... and What's Happened Since, Mansfield painted a shockingly blunt picture of his goals. Read on for the details...