[jlogajan]

The founders simply did not want a state religion. That does not mean that they were against religion in general.

They wanted a religiously neutral government. You don't get that by forcing various specific religion's icons on people at taxpayer expense. Not everyone believes in the 10 Commandments, especially those commandments dealing with God ("Have no other Gods before me" etc.)

You can get your religion on private property. There is more than enough of it out there.

[dsc]

"They wanted a religiously neutral government."

No, they wanted a government chock full of devout Christians who were guided in their duties by their Christian beliefs.

What they didn't want was government messing with religion. They had no problems at all with religion influencing government.