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Coming to the ACLU member's defense, one of the interviewers cited as proof that America was not founded by Christians – nor upon the principles of Christianity – the 1796 Treaty of Tripoli, which declared in Article XI: "the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion." http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/5/9/212811.shtml

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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/5/9/212811.shtml