I found a new source to fully explain how the USA is based on Judeo Christian values while doing some research on individual rights on another debate site. I think everyone wondering about the religion involvement in the founding of our nation should read this...
In the history of modern man individual rights were not clearly defined until the age of enlightenment. Prior to that period all societies were ruled by might, there were courts that resolved disputes in the Roman Empire but they were primarily in place to limit irritating disputes between subordinated masses.
Please take time to read this entire link for it answers the questions of rights, nature, Creator and reason leading up to the recognition of individual rights. It’s a long read but shorter than this thread and full of great information. http://history-world.org/age_of_enlightenment.htm
"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."
---Thomas Jefferson (or as Al Sharpton calls him: Grandpappy)