William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Abstract
Gedik’s paper discusses the many types of religious affiliation people have in the United States. While many label themselves as spiritual or more broadly religious, there is a fervent American fundamentalism movement in this country that wants to create a public religion based on Christianity. This fragmentation across the country is examined in light of the Constitution, more specifically the Religion Clause doctrine, in an analysis of lawmaker attempts to create unity through an imposed religious order. Gedik argues it is the use of a single religion by lawmakers to make unity happen that is the real cause of complaint, and that the people should push for a non-neutral law to combat this issue since it is not any religion broadly that is the problem, but Christianity and its implementation by lawmakers more specifically.