"Americans United for Separation of Church and State today praised a federal appeals court for striking down a government display of the Ten Commandments in Haskell County, Okla. Reversing a lower court, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously declared unconstitutional the eight-foot-tall religious display, which was erected at the local courthouse in 2004 after a campaign by a local minister and his supporters."
This is outstanding news for religious adherents of assorted perspectives along with atheists, secular humanists and those who cherish liberty and freedom of conscience.
I'm aware that there will possibly be some backlash from the evangelicals opining for their Christian Nationalism and promoting the downfall of our great country as it backslides into godless chaos and tyranny.
That said, is there an actual Christian foundation (aka teachings from Jesus) for imposing idols, graven images and religious ideology via governmental authority?
I don't think that there can never be such a thing as a “Christian Nation” because such a place would have to be imposed by legislative decree.
After many years of comparative religious study, my understanding is that being “Christian” is based on an individual spiritual and personal decision which would directly conflict with the concept of a Christian governing body issuing dictates by compelling statute, symbolic inference and force of arms.