Well, it happened because our founders were great guys who were surrounded by religious nuts. Being religiously tolerant at the time meant accepting all types of Christians. And yes, some of them would have accepted other faiths, but most of the population would not.
But I think it actually came later. it seems to me (from a cursory study) that groups that came here later brought religious intolerance with them and it stuck.
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Date: 2009-01-10 02:18 pm (UTC)But I think it actually came later. it seems to me (from a cursory study) that groups that came here later brought religious intolerance with them and it stuck.