“Most Americans instinctively recoil from the claim that there is an antireligious bias running through the underlying assumptions with which their society approaches church-state issues. However, there is persuasive evidence that among some influential segments of the population, there is a very real antireligious strain.” RealStatesRunningChristianChurchReligiousIssuesApproachEvidenceClaimsPopulationAssumptionBiasStrainInfluentialPersuasiveRecoil Book:Positive Neutrality: Letting Religious Freedom Ring Source: Positive Neutrality: Letting Religious Freedom Ring