What these people really believed and what gave them their whole strength was in the truth of the Bible as the absolute infallible word of God.

NEWYORKER: Leap of Faith

Originalism, which has no purchase anywhere but here, has a natural affinity with some varieties of Protestantism, and the United States differs from all other Western democracies in the far greater proportion of its citizens who believe in the literal truth of the Bible.

NEWYORKER: The Commandments

Indeed, scholars have found a discernable link between the Bible and the Budget: a strong belief in the truth of the former coincides with a strong preference for growth in the latter.

FORBES: Holy Scripture and the Welfare State

You may be completely right in your interpretation of the Christian Bible but America is not a theocracy and neither the Legislature nor the Courts can base their legislation or their rulings on stories from the Bible anymore than they can base them on the various books that other religions contend state the holy and inerrant truth.

FORBES: The Narrow Scope of Tomorrow's Hearing on California's Anti-Gay Marriage Law