The great country of the United States was founded upon many basic Judeo-Christian beliefs and by Christian believers. It is not to be argued that the United States should be a theocracy, because all theocracies are flawed and will fail. However, the first amendment right concerning freedom of religion was not created to protect people from God, but to protect people from the government. The first amendment clause is now used to prevent people in the public arena from calling upon God. However, when read literally, the first amendment says “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the exercise thereof.” Therefore, to take prayer out of schools would be an infringement on my first amendment rights. In fact, to take the right of prayer or the listing of the Ten Commandments out of any public arena would be an infringement upon those rights. There could be an argument made that the Koran must be written, or that other religions must be represented wherever the Judeo-Christian religion is. This argument is a fair one, but the country was not found as a Buddhist, Muslim, or Confucian country. It was founded as a Judeo-Christian one. If you are to visit any monuments in Washington, D.C. my point would be illustrated profoundly. In a visit to the Lincoln or Jefferson Memorials, you would see that “God” is more than just a vague idea. The argument should not be made that we need to make an official affiliation with any one religion as a country. However, we are the largest predominantly Christian country in the world, and the ethics of the Judeo-Christian religion are what this country was founded upon.
