Dominionists believe that our founders formed this great nation based on Christian ideals and they want very much to "return" this country to those ideals, wherein governing authority is derived from God, obliterating what they say is a mythical church and state separation.
To prove that our nation's founders intended us to be a Christian nation, the Dominionists use
twisted and out-of-context quotes, ignoring the great body of work from our founders that show the opposite.
But, just for fun, let's say that the dominionists are correct. Let's say that Washington and Jefferson and Madison and the rest intended for us to be a Christian nation and that Christian ideals are reflected in our founding documents. The still doesn't ring true to me. First of all, those values are reflected in many religions. Secondly, let's look at some other values held by our founders. Some of our founding fathers were also slave-owners. Most didn't want women to vote. Some didn't want non-property owners to vote. These values were reflected in the documents produced by our founding fathers. Does that mean we're a slavery-favoring, elitist, chauvinistic nation?
Or, for you purists, does that mean that we should be such a nation?