According to [Benjamin] Franklin, atheism was virtually nonexistent in America in those days. He explained in his 1787 pamphlet to Europeans, "Information to those who would remove (or move) to America": "To this may be truly added, that serious Religion under its various Denominations, is not only tolerated, but respected and practised. Atheism is unknown there, Infidelity rare & secret, so that Persons may live to a great Age in that Country without having their Piety shock'd by meeting with either an Atheist or an Infidel. And the Divine Being seems to have manifested his Approbation of the mutual Forbearance and Kindness with which the different Sects treat each other, by the remarkable Prosperity with which he has been pleased to favour the whole Country."
It is no coincidence that Thomas Jefferson penned the founding document, the Declaration of Independence, with an emphasis on God throughout: "The Laws of Nature and of Nature's God … all Men … are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights … appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the Rectitude of our Intentions. … And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of divine Providence."
The Declaration of Independence from Great Britain was truly a declaration of dependence upon God. That is another reason I believe that from political corridors to public classrooms, we need not fear nor resist our Creator's inductions.