Anyone that believes...
that our founding fathers wanted our government combined with religion obviously never read the Federalist Papers which clearly delineate the framers' intent to steer far from any connection. Their argument always involves these passing God references in early documents and speeches like these guys back then didn't have their own beliefs and had to play to the crowds a bit. I certainly don't have any desire to see religion outlawed in the US but it absolutely cannot have a role in our governance.
As you clearly stated, one only has to look at countries that have a strong tie between religion and government to see why we're stronger without it. Could these people be that blind?
Art