Original sentence: Critics argue the claim that the United States is a Christian nation is of questionable historic validity (often pointing out the deist beliefs of some of the founding fathers -- Thomas Jefferson's in particular), is ethnocentric, and reduces secularists and members of other religions (such as Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Neopaganism) to second-class status
Edited sentence: Critics argue the claim that the United States is a Christian nation is of questionable historic validity (often pointing out the deist beliefs of many of the founding fathers -- Thomas Jefferson's in particular), is ethnocentric, and reduces secularists and members of other religions (such as Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Neopaganism) to second-class status