Do American laws imply the United States is a Christian nation?
The first laws written to govern this nation do not support the notion of the United States as a Christian nation. These laws include the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and even the Declaration of Independence (which may not have been intended as law, but does represent the ideology held by the early United States). The Constitution makes no mention of a God or gods. The only references to religion are exclusionary: for example, that there be no religious test for public office (Article 6, Clause 3). The fundamental First Amendment clearly establishes the principles of freedom of and from religion. The amendment states: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. As a core piece of American philosophy, it allows the American people to practice whatever faith
