When the Declaration of Independance and Constitution were penned, they were based on accepted moral practices and expectations of the day, and those happened to be Christian. The founding fathers never sought to "prove" God exists or any such thing, but it was just an understood thing with them. They never intended to "separate" church and state in the manner in which some interpret it. If they had sought that separation, then why in the world would they have plastered scripture all over gov't. monuments and buildings, and used "God" in the Declaration itself? In their mindset, it would have been a stupid idea to start a country without faith in God. What the Puritans were escaping was religious persecution, not religion.

What we have to be careful of, and what I believe the founding fathers intended, was to never allow any religious group to become more powerful than gov't. and yield power to the church. Historically that has been catastrophic, because it ultimately gave all the power to a few, and would not be "of the people".

Christians, along with every other group has every right to voice opinion and seek to construct laws they believe in. That keeps us in a balance. The conservatives keep the liberals in check, and vice versa.

We are still considered a Christian nation, but there are so many diverse beliefs nobody can agree on anything anymore. I've seen social expectations and beliefs change radically over the last three decades. It's no wonder that there is so much turmoil.