founded on the Christian religion--"

都不是建立在基督教之上的"
And here's Thomas Jefferson--

托马斯·杰斐逊也说过
"That our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions."

"公民权利与宗教信仰没有任何关联"
And here's the First Amendment to the US Constitution--

美国宪法的第一修正案也记载道
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."

"国会不得立法建立宗教"
What's more frightening than the perversion of our great history

然而比歪曲历史更可怕的是
is that sensible, smart, strong Republicans,

那些理智聪慧坚强的共和党人
the very men and women who

本该第一个站出来
should be standing up to radical fundamentalism,

反对激进的原教旨主义
are so frightened of losing primary battles to religious zealots

他们却因害怕在初选中败给狂热宗教分子
that they've thrown in the towel on sanity.

而抛弃了理智
So we get this--

于是便有了这样一幕