Our Supreme Court...only 118 years ago.

The Supreme Court, in its former incarnation as the land’s high court of justice, described a Christian nation this way:

If we pass beyond these matters to a view of American life, as expressed by its laws, its business, its customs, and its society, we find everywhere a clear recognition of the same truth.  Among other matters note the following: The form of oath universally prevailing, concluding with an appeal to the Almighty; the custom of opening sessions of all deliberative bodies and most conventions with prayer; the prefatory words of all wills, "In the name of God, amen;" the laws respecting the observance of the Sabbath, with the general cessation of all secular business, and the closing of courts, legislatures, and other similar public assemblies on that day; the churches and church organisations which abound in every city, town, and hamlet; the multitude of charitable organisations existing everywhere under Christian auspices; the gigantic missionary associations, with general support, and aiming to establish Christian missions in every quarter of the globe. These and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation.  (Holy Trinity Church v. U.S. 143 US 457, 12 S.Ct. 511, 36 L.Ed. 226, 2/29/1892)..

What say you?  

Once upon a time, in this very country, the highest court in the land acknowledged that our nation attempted to follow morals based on the Bible.  Not on whether your choices were convenient for you, "hidden" in the privacy of your own home, or supposedly caused no harm to those around you.

Laws were fewer then because the citizenry monitored itself.  Naysayers say that life has changed and technology has caused the Constitution to follow the horse and buggy into the dusty annals of our collective history, but has it really changed?  The outer trappings of our society may look more modern, but the internal malaise of man is still embedded in our estrangement from God.  We have invented styles of government that try to address these problems, but don't be fooled...to be solved our problems require God.