Morality and any associated ideal is rooted entirely in a presupposition some higher power defines what is correct for human behavior...
Yes -- and Hobbes defined this as the centralized state. Some of the most law-abiding folks I know in Germany and Eastern Europe are atheists -- they have put their faith in the state
In the US many people around in DE and NY believed in their god, the TV and went to worship each Sunday at the mall..
Wrong. See the Anclient Greeks.