Are we(USA) a secular goverment?

Question

Then why so much influence from
Religious institutions?

Answer 1

Introducing religion into government (in god we trust)
was a ruse to cover up the real intentions of government
Puts a nice shine on it...don't you think

Answer 2

Religion is a right reserved for the Individual, not the State or the Federal Government.

US governments at any level have no say-so in the matter, they can neither establish a state religion (sorry, Marxists) or interfere in the free expression thereof.

That makes the government secular. Just like stop signs and traffic lights. All people can have any beliefs they want, so long as they proceed in an orderly manner and don't crash.

Answer 3

Nominally, yes. But there is nothing that was put into place, or should be, that forbids people of various religious affiliations from serving in roles in the government. The First Amendment was meant to keep government out of the religion business; it wasn't designed to keep religious people (but not religious organizations) out of government.

Answer 4

Nope, unfortunately. Hell, maybe we are because a lot of these Republicans don't exactly follow Jesus' preachings but claim to be moral. At least one GOP scandal a week since January 1, 2007....

Answer 5

that's what liberals want you to believe...but their is not separation of church and federal government...they start each session of congress with prayer as they did in the beginning...we swear on the Bible...but according liberals we are a secular country and all the tradition handed down from our forefathers should be scrapped...except the freedom of speech to mock our Christian heritage...