Indeed, the acknowledgement of God is not synonymous with religion.
Acknowledgment of God is not now, or ever has been, a violation of the US constitution.
Power's not what the Constitution was about.
Now we have blacks and whites fighting, reds and yellows fighting, Democrats and Republicans fighting, men and women fighting.
If they want to get [my statue of] the Commandments, they're going to have to get me first.
Without God there would be no freedom to believe what you want.