About

Where this site stands

Check the Claim pushes back on Christian nationalism: the idea that America is, or should be, a Christian nation, and that government should act like one. Many of the claims behind it don’t hold up against the historical record. This site checks them, one at a time.

What we don’t oppose

What people believe is their own business, and so is living it out in their homes, churches and communities. Our concern starts when belief becomes the basis for public decisions. Laws bind everyone, so they should rest on reasons and evidence that anyone can examine, whatever they believe.

How each page works

  • The claim is stated fairly, in its strongest form.
  • The evidence comes first; the conclusion follows from it.
  • The strongest counterargument is engaged, not dismissed.
  • Primary sources are linked so you can read them yourself.
  • Where historians genuinely disagree, the disagreement is shown rather than flattened.

Who writes it

I’m Jason. I grew up in evangelical churches in Texas, where I was taught to take Jesus’s words seriously: care for the poor, welcome the stranger, love your enemies. Over the years I watched many of the same people who taught me that line up behind positions that ran against those teachings. Disillusionment turned to alarm as it hardened into a political movement. It’s a large part of why I left the church. It’s also why I started checking the claims behind it, and why this site exists.

My background is why I care, not why you should trust me. Every page stands on its sources.

Others doing this work

Corrections

If you find an error, send a correction with a source. Errors get corrected. Disagreements get engaged.