We Gather Together The balance people attempt to strike in the schools is replayed and reiterated in other arenas. Americans are proud of the country's religious diversity and anticipate few problems with people of different religious faiths living together. Indeed, most seem remarkably willing to accommodate and celebrate different faithsnot solely the Christian faith of the Founders. And because they value the nation's religious diversity, they expect people to exercise tact and discretion. They also seem to recoil at the use of religion as a litmus test.