But Dave has completely ignored MY point, which was that many of the founding fathers were not only "not Christians in the modern sense" but not Christians at all. They were Deists, and had rejected this sort of revelation. To them, "revelation" was the ability of a person with his or her own senses to see the evidence of God, screw commandments and prophecies and holy writ. So yes, they had religious beliefs, but those beliefs often did not include the ten commandments.

This argument goes in circles anyway. People aren't really listening, they just want to have their way. As CarolC says, the constitution and the Supreme Court have consistently favored the side that would keep religious displays off of government property.