Oh and by the way, it was on that treaty (Which was UNANIMOUSLY ratified by the US Senate in 1797.) where it declares that the United States is NOT, in any sense, founded on a Christian religion.
There is some argument that it doesn't count because it did not show up on the Arabic translation of the treaty. But as pointed out here, that is just a bunch of smoke a mirrors designed to distract from a facts.
More generally, we can't imagine how the absence of Article 11 in the Arabic version effects the separationist argument. It was the English version of the treaty that was approved by President Adams and Secretary Pickering, and this version unquestionably contained Article 11. Similarly, when the Senate ratified the treaty, they did so knowing full well that the English version declared that the United States was not a Christian nation.
God I love it when facts refute essentially EVERYTHING that the Fundamentalists try to jam down our throats.
By the way, I think SOMEBODY owes Iraq and Afghanistan an apology.
