No State is religiously oriented from a legal perspective, that doesn't mean the practical public life decisions aren't satisfying the predominant religion. From what I've searched and chatted about the US here on AF, I can tell you guys are certainly not a secular nation - Laws against people who don't believe in god not being able to exercise public functions, sexuality conversion therapy allowed (I just checked that out in another thread), discrimination and prejudice against atheists and probably against other religions, gay marriage is still not allowed in some States and anti-gay protests, the republicans are a good example of it... Not that I think my country is completely secular, not by any chance, religion is still installed deep inside public opinions and decisions, but some things that happen in the US wouldn't happen here. The case of conversion therapy or anti-gay protests that spread hate.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
