I believe you can still love America without having to be forced into a religious stranglehold. I choose to be a Humanist, a Unitarian Universalist, Zen Buddhist, Tantric/ Yoga practitioner and Pantheist and supporter of women rights and civil/gay rights. I choose not to be bogged down by ancient dogmas and falsified doctrines. There is no mention of god or gods in the constitution; Freud once said that religion was comparable to a childhood neurosis. Even past presidents had reservations regarding the U.S. turning into a "christian" nation. Thomas Jefferson once said "Question with boldness the exsistence of God". John Adams was quoted in a speech saying: " The government of the United States is not, in any form, founded on the Christian religion". In theory, a "real Christian man" should perhaps be someone who eschews violence of all sorts, who turns the other cheek whenever they are struck, and who insists on favoring peace over war no matter what the circumstances. That's the theory, at least, but it's rarely the reality. Not only have many Christian men throughout history eagerly engaged in violent combat, but not a few have treated combat as a test of one's Christian manliness.
Yoga Journal.com - Ogden: The Inappropriate Yoga Guy
http://www.yogajournal.com/ogden/episode5
Watch all the episodes by clicking on the link....I'm eager for a new episode, YOGA JOURNAL... P.S. - EVERY Yoga studio I know has an "OGDEN" - why is that?! And NO, it is not me...HAHA very funny, guys!!