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I didn’t mention Christianity in particular. That said, I don’t see how anyone can really call oneself conservative and close one’s mind to the Bible, especially when we have a Constitution based largely on the Ten Commandments. The Founding Fathers were adamant that private morality would be the main pillar on which the country stood or fell, and they would not regard anyone that eschewed such morality as a conservative in the US sense.

I noticed that you paraphrased Malachi 2:16, which is not solely Christian of course.

Make that religion and private morality.

Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.

— George Washington

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

— John Adams