We also have to remember that per the Declaration of Independence, our unalienable rights come from our Creator. Legal positivists tend to ignore that and only defer to the U.S. Constitution, which is more secular. It has to be remembered that both are founding documents and should be taken in that context. Another founding document is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 that says: "Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged." It is also important to note that every one of the fifty states has references to God, or the Almighty or the Creator in its constitution. Even New York and California. That does NOT mean this country was founded as a Christian nation (see the Treaty of Tripoli, 1796), but it was clearly founded as a monotheistic one. Readers can debate their own conclusions.