What is it that you wish to conserve?
In this country, the term has always meant preserving the freedom and rights that have accrued to us as a nation founded on the gospel of Jesus Christ. That is the source of all that we hold dear, thus we work to conserve it, and protect it. What else is there?
"In this country, the term has always meant preserving the freedom and rights that have accrued to us as a nation founded on the gospel of Jesus Christ."
What does that mean for the country's Jewish population?
Where is the Gospel of Jesus Christ mentioned in the founding documents? Indeed, what teachings of Jesus are enshrined in those documents?
Where is the separation of powers in the Gospels? Where is the concept that "commoners" should have any say in how they are governed?
You won't find it BECAUSE IT ISN'T THERE. The U.S. is NOT founded on the Gospel of Jesus Christ; it is founded on the principles developed during the Enlightenment -- such concepts as "natural law" and the "rights of man" -- neither of which are mentioned or even alluded to in the Gospels.