Recent history and judicial decisions have strongly favored a separation of Church and State, so that America is devolving into a secular state, which in principle is a wholesale rejection of our Judeo-Christian heritage. While there are many that applaud such a separation, this should be tempered with the wisdom that one should be careful what they wish for. For instance, should America become a country that completely marginalizes religion, that would mean in effect, that our fundamental and inalienable rights would no longer be considered legally or otherwise to have come from our Creator Himself, but from the State, and what the State provides, it can also take away.
For those that love the fact that America has become essentially a secular state, they should take into their hearts a significant warning, that with God conveniently pushed out of the way, this now permits everything within reason for the State to set the rules of, without the worry or inconvenience of the moral and ethical authority that trumps all that God brings to the table.
Most people would consider the greatest power that any government can hold over its people as being the power of life and death. There has not been a draft initiated in America since the Vietnam War, because America has been able to fill all their recruitment needs with volunteers. The fact that America's military is able to get all the recruits that are necessary for their personnel needs has probably more to do with the state of our economy, the poor employment opportunities for so many young Americans, and the overall good benefit package provided for those that serve in our armed forces.
The United States takes its military needs quite seriously, which is why, even today, with an all volunteer force, males aged 18-25, are required, by law, to register with the Selective Service, to which these aforementioned designated males, would be the first to be subjected to a draft call-up, if authorized by Congress. Should a draft be re-instituted into America, very quickly, there would be a certain segment of those eligible for conscription that would try to postpone, defer, or to be exempt from such service, all with the basic attitude that they did not want to risk their lives on behalf of their country.
This means that there is an inherent hypocrisy for at least some Americans that support a secular state. Because when God is marginalized from the public square, and subsequently certain citizens are required by their government's law to put their own lives or their children's lives at risk on behalf of their country, they will then call upon a higher or alternate power forsome sort of exemption to this compulsory service.
The problem with exemptions, deferments, postponements and other excuses for not fulfilling your compulsory duty to serve your country, if called, is that the government has an overriding obligation to see that all citizens are subject to equal application of law, and not that some citizens should be able to circumvent these laws at their convenience.
A State without an omnipotent God, allows the State to become as if it is god, which ultimately means that your life is sacrificed to the State as they best see fit.