It is not a case of establishing a religion; the body of law that has accrued since the First Amendment on this point has built up a strong tradition against the state favoring any one religion. Since not all religions use the word God or even the concept, it is generally considered outside the pale for any governmental agent to promote any aspect of God in an official capacity. And rightly so, too -- if anything in the universe is truly a private affair it is the individual's standing before God, and vice-versa.

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