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I think that the secular and supernatural order should be seen very separate - the bible tells to respect god, but doesn't dictate how to govern on earth, in secular matters. And of judeochristian values, the message of christianity is to respect each other and be friends with your enemies (to simplify a bit) and I don't think that that is so much against the principles of democracy. While relation between god - man could be master - subject, nothing in christianity says that a relation between mortal men should be similar.
And considering the fact that the christian belief in USA has splintered into thousands of different sects (as protestantism lacked the main authority, like the Pope was for catholicism), I wouldn't even call christianity so homogenous that one can talk about "one way, one truth etc." unless you simplify it to few dogmas. I think that a difference between christian fundamentalist zealots and liberal almost-secularized christians is very large and important.
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