That is the very fist thing I stated before commenting on the article, in my initial post. It is inarguable.
However, while the Judaeo Christian principles set forth in the Bible are the basis of our code of ethics, on which so many of our laws are based, they are not the basis of our principles of individual freedom and personal liberty. IMO, conflict between the 2 is not only not inevitable, the possibility should not be ignored.
I do think many on the religious right (and the religious left, too, even more so) are quite capable of intruding into our freedoms.
While you are laughing out loud at cook county's advice to me to stop watching so much TV (and bumping his erroneous advice with bold type), I guess you also did not read my reply to him that I, in fact, rarely watch television, and certainly not the preachers to be found on it. The witty rejoinder is off the mark. TV is mostly crap, you probably agree.
"Are we so “polite” to religious minorities that we're ashamed of our own heritage?"
Yes, but it's a hugh mistake on our part.