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Made no mistake: America is a Christian nation. The bedrock of our theo-democracy is our Judeo-Christian values. that term, by the way, is a bit of a misnomer. It implies that Christianity and Judaism are equal.

Stephen Colbert

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Stephen Colbert
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: May 13
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