Sandra Day O'Connor - Christian Heritage

Christian Heritage

In 1989, a letter O'Connor wrote regarding three Court rulings on Christian heritage was used by a group of conservative Arizona Republicans in their claim that America was a "Christian nation". O'Connor, an Episcopalian, said, "t was not my intention to express a personal view on the subject of the inquiry."'

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