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Article: DEIST LEGACY.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- May 21, 1996
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To set the record straight, this country's founding fathers were, by and large, deists. The ``Judeo-Christian heritage'' thing has a nice ring to it, but it is, at best, an overgeneralization.
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