We should probably say "The Old Testament" since the term "Bible" is ambiguous. The US is predominantly Christian and Christianity has a big influence on day t

We should probably say "The Old Testament" since the term "Bible" is ambiguous. The US is predominantly Christian and Christianity has a big influence on day to day life. "In God We Trust" on USD? Or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Orden_v._Perry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Orden_v._Perry ? Many other countries are basically "Christian" countries or "Muslim" countries or insert your favorite religion. It's just not spelled out as such because it's a given. Is Christmas a holiday? Or is it Yom Kippur? It's easy to advocate for freedom of religion when 99.9% of the population is Christian or Muslim or <insert your favorite religion>. The old testament is at least partly a historical document so referring to it as part of understanding the conflict is acceptable. Now if your argument simply reduces to "because g*d said so" then I agree it's not a very strong one, but Bennet is an intelligent person and I doubt that's the only reasoning he gives.