[Gargantua]

No, it was never a Christian Theocracy. Nobody ever suggested that... except for you. It was founded directly upon Christian principles as a Christian Nation.

[Dataman]

We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being. . . . When the State encourages religious instruction or cooperates with religious authorities by adjusting the schedule of public events to sectarian needs, it follows the best of our traditions. For it then respects the religious nature of our people and accommodates the public service to their spiritual needs. To hold that it may not would be to find in the Constitution a requirement that the government show a callous indifference to religious groups. That would be preferring those who believe in no religion over those who do believe.

--Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U. S. 306, 312-314 (1952).

Jefferson urged local governments to make land available specifically for Christian purposes: Letter of Thomas Jefferson to Bishop Carroll on September 3, 1801 (in the Library of Congress, #19966).

While President, Jefferson closed his presidential documents with the phrase, “In the year of our Lord Christ; by the President; Thomas Jefferson." (his presidential act of October 18, 1804)

[webber]

England was the Theocracy. The only religion allowed was the Anglican Church, and decrees were corrupted by the head of that Anglican Church because they were appointed (encouraged by force by the gov't) one that was favorable to the secular government. That's why the Pilgrims left that theocracy. They didn't want a State owned Church telling their parishoners who to worship, how to worship, when to worship, and that the only church allowed was the Anglican Church. They came to America to establish a Christian Nation. NOT a Theocratic Government.