Three Republican legislators representing Michigan in the United States House of Representatives are sponsoring a controversial resolution dedicating the first week of May as "American Religious History Week." The resolution (H. Res. 888), which has gained the support of Michigan legislators Pete Hoekstra, Thaddeus McCotter, and Timothy Walberg, has been criticized for a series of 75 "whereas" statements that make distorted statements about United States' history and the role of Christianity in that history. Many of the statements are designed to prove the idea that the United States is a "Christian nation" and give preference to Christianity as religion. Moreover, the resolution's sponsor, Randy Forbes, has admitted that the resolution is a way to bring religion into the public schools under the guise of "history." Author Chris Rodda has done an excellent job debunking the "history" used to justify this resolution and has pointed that several of the footnotes in the resolution do not prove the assertions made in the resolution.
Michigan Legislators Sponsoring Controversial "American Religious History Week" Resolution
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Here's an article about how the conference at which this survey was released excluded folks:
http://www.michiganmessenger.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1041