[lucysmom]

As the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion... Article 11, Treaty of Tripoli. The treaty was ratified by the Senate and signed by President John Adams in 1797.

[JSDude1]

He lied (as you will recall in his further statements) to get a treaty with the Muslims (no it's not a "Christian" thing to do, but it is historical fact that it happened!), therefore your 1 example has to be weighted against a mountain of evidence stating that the USA WAS founded as a Christian nation..