As others have stated or intimated, Christian beliefs were certainly part of the underlying foundation of the US, and were reflected in our early government. That is undeniable fact, so what's the problem with anyone, conservative or otherwise, believing it? It is another issue if we want to discuss the whole church/state relationship, and current attitudes and mnisconceptions about it. The Constitution says two things with respect to church and state: first, that there shall be no official state religion (i.e., Episcopalian, Baptist, Jewish, etc.), but this does not mean that government has to discriminate against the practice of religion of one's choice, and it certainly does not mean that anyone has to practice any religiuon at all if the do not wish to do so; second, it says that there shall be no infringement upon the individual practice of religion, but it seems that nowadays the more rabid (and, dare I say misinformed) leftists think that there is something wrong with anyone who believes in or practices a religion of their choice. Talk about tolerance (or lack of it). There is an incessant spouting of the phrase separation of church and state by them, but they really don' know what they are talking about, any more than a well-trained parrot does. Well, back to the question itself, and a comment on another aspect of the issue. The question is framed in terms of Christian principles, but as LanceRoxas pointed out, these can be considered natural law principles rather than exclusively Christian principles. Many of the guiding principles of Christianity (and of this country) are common to other religions as well, i.e., Judaism, from which Christianity sprang, and I believe Islam as well. So, the crock of s***, as another reviewer mentioned, is to say that conservatives believe in and espouse something uniquely Christian to the detriment of other beliefs or value systems. The whole issue is just too politicized by the left - God help them all. Ha ha!