Breaking news: the United States is still a profoundly religious country despite all rational evidence for other belief systems.

From Crooks and Liars:

Some people profess to know with absolute certainty that our moral code was dictated by an all-powerful space ghost, who sculpted us out of magic clay, and transcribed on stone by a mountain-climbing desert-hobo who looked a great deal like Charlton Heston.

Whole article:
Thoughts on Troy Davis: Americans Confuse Morality with Religion.