Americans United for the Separation of Church and State reports on the Reclaiming America For Christ Conference. There’s a lot of interesting (in all senses) stuff in there, but I’m more curious about this passage from the FRC’s Tony Perkins:

How is it that in our nation where Muslims account for about 6 million of the 300 million living in this country, and Christians comprise 100 million, that Muslims can control the public policy and we cannot? I suggest to you that it is because Christians have become apathetic to our role in shaping the policy in our nation, and it could have deadly consequences, not only for the unborn, but for the living as well.

Are those numbers reallly right? Do Christians really only comprise a third of the American population? I’m assuming that Perkins is using a definition of “Christian” that excludes people who may identify as Christian but are less religious (or less conservative). But I’m curious what groups and people get tallied into the 100 million figure, where it comes from, and who specifically is excluded.

The particular point Perkins was making, it goes without saying, was inane.

Oh, and quickly, Ann Coulter also repeated her “fag” slur regarding John Edwards at the conference. To the attendees’ credit, it did not go over well, and she scurried off the stage shortly thereafter.