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The problem isn't talking about government using morality as a basis - as Spoke said - every large form of government is based in someway off of SOME religion and/or religious belief system.
No, that's not the problem. The problem lies in the disinformation that has been sowed through America's school system in the last 50-75 years of this idea of "seperation of church and state". A statement AND idea that doesn't even occur in any of our founding political/governmental doctrine.
There are many underlying problems that perpetuate this - the Supreme Court making a "perception" based decision without regards to the Constitution itself or other documents Jefferson had wrote. Or the fact that people believe this false ideal without understanding where it's coming from (not our founding forefathers), etc. But, that's the main problem with discussing Americans' rights, ideals, and laws. Trying to use the Constitution and our laws without using a moralistic mindframe won't get you very far.
You see, when you falsely believe a set of documents (our governmental doctrine) was written under a certain mindset (church should not interfere with the state), and then you try to interpret those documents using that mindset - nothing you come up with will make much sense.
And I believe that's exactly how our founding fathers wanted it to be. That freedom was the highest cause in this country with regards to the morals set forth by a strong faith. Back 230 years ago, they knew that this Republic they had created would be wisely lead by the collective common of people who strongly believed in God tempered by those that didn't. Checks and balances.
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