Jeffrey Bell believes this?

Author and political activist Jeffrey Bell argues that social conservatism is uniquely American because it is in reality an outgrowth of American exceptionalism. It exists here because the founding principles of the United States—centering on the belief that humanity receives its equal rights directly from God rather than from government

I doubt it though some reviewer claims it sp0. Jeffry wrote a book: The Case for Polarized Politics: Why America Needs Social Conservatism Instapundit mentioned it so I read his in a review. About the stupidest statement I have heard in a week, that the religious groups are government by one statement in the constitution written over 250 years ago?