[OLD REGGIE]

The difference is that the coersive power of the United States was strong enough to suppress this heresy without a "crusade "

The difference is that the United States isn't controlled by a powerful, arrogant Church.

By your standards I am a heretic. Would you have me silenced?

[RobbyS]

The difference is that the United States isn't controlled by a powerful, arrogant Church. No, the United States is controlled by a "powerful, arrogant" Establishment which no longer includes any churchmen.