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The American people have long been claiming to be free thinking a freethinker is a person who makes up opinions and decisions based on reasoning independently , away from any authority or group , especially one who opposes the political leaders and the religious dogma Freethinking and secularism have always had a very important role in the American politics and culture therefore the American people in general may not be the free thinkers that they claim to be . Their thoughts are always

influenced by religion and the political divisions that exist in America

The issue of free thinking can be seen to have begun sometimes back in the United States history . For example when John F . Kennedy was elected as the democratic presidential candidate in the 1960 some people starting discussing the effect that the religion had on this . Because of the reason that Kennedy was a Catholic some people feared that when Kennedy becomes the president he would be greatly influenced by his church and its leadership in Rome . Kennedy decided therefore to act on the issue and his campaigns no longer focused on the fact that he had a religious faith but instead focused on the American custom of tolerance and fairness between people of all faiths in the United States as well as those who had no faith . The effect of religion on the politics of the United States was again seen in the 2004 elections which remarked on the issue that...