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Carpe Scrotum
May we ask that you keep your non-biblical and non-religious "sensibilities" out of government policy or are you a proponent of double standards? The majority of America's founders were Christians and the Constitution was written with biblical standards in mind.
No, you may not. The founders overwhelmingly advanced secular LAW. Additionally, you might want to research that last supposition.
One Nation Under God
The constitutional framers built their structure upon the foundation of Natural Law a God-centered world view. On this the founders were in agreement. But "Natural Law" to the entire founding generation was defined as the "laws of the Creator." In a 1794 letter to the Massachusetts Legislature, Samuel Adams wrote, "In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator."
Second, it is interesting that the founders relied most heavily upon the Bible for their political justification for the Constitution. Theorists who believed that God's laws undergird civil law were most frequently cited. But the founders quoted another volume much more prolifically than any other. Biblical quotations comprise 34 percent of all the source material offered by the founders!
Over the past 2 + Centuries the Constitution has evolved, actually the interpretation of it has - the separation of Church and State remain a fundamental principle - the seperation of the power structures of the priesthood, the clergy from governmental process was the intent.
I personally am not a Christian or a Bible Thumper but it is undeniable that the Founders were, and that the Constitution, based on Natural Laws, was not written with the intent of excluding God.
Originally "One nation, indivisible."
That under gawd shit was inserted in the 1950s.
The "laws of the creator" left free definition OF that creator. It didn't have to be YOURS. They specifically denied the creation of a favored religion to let everyone worship, or not, as they saw fit, and to leave our LAWS secular, so as not to interfere with individual liberty by imposing a state sanctioned religious authority.