There's a lot of America that's Christian. I would not describe us, though, on the whole, as a Christian nation.

America should function as a Christian nation.

Sir, there is no Christian nation, thus free to choose as we are, which would establish slavery.

Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.

I cite in my book countless examples of the foundational documents of the colonial period in America and the writings of the leaders, that this was intended to be a Christian nation.

As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,—as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen [Muslims],—and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan [Mohammedan] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.

[Adams submitted and signed the Treaty of Tripoli, 1797]