It depends on which god we are speaking of. The jewish god of the old testament? The Christian God which requires acceptance of christ? The islamic god? The list goes on and on and on. Bhuddist? Pagan?
The first amendment states that:
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
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What this means is that the acceptance of the god that you want in government is not the interpretation that everybody can live with. Therefore, we cannot have the "Christian Nation" that many fundamentalist would have because not all Americans are Christian. This is not limited to the atheist/agnostic view as many would have us believe, but that we are a nation for all religions and all interpretations that cannot and should not accept one single interpretation.
If this should happen, then we become a theocracy instead of a democratic republic.