Originally Posted by Antithesis

Actually, pagans are still opressed, but the focus wasn't on them in Salem.

Let's get this cleared up: Approximately 75-85% of the country is christian. Our leaders are predominantly christian. Our strongest social commentators are predominantly christian. In fact, if you're not christian, that's a detriment were you to ever run for office. Proclaim yourself an atheist and you can kiss Congress goodbye. Christians are in power. You are not opressed.

When I meant the first Europeans in America, I was thinking of the Puritans, the ones who make Jerry Falwell look like a secular humanist. You're also forgetting all those religious awakenings that reinforced religion and kept it from fading away.