As for the ‘MY country’ statements that the religious folks are making… that one gets me going! I am not antireligious now, but folks that run around claiming extra rights because they say that this country was founded as a ‘christian nation’… I beg your pardon, go back and read your history. Just because the founding fathers read the bible did not make them christian. They were Deists. They believe God should be studied, but that he keeps him noise out of politics. They instituted the separation of church and state idea to protect government FROM religion… not the other way around. The most educated and revered (feared) men of that day in any community was the local pastor. Who often threatened, either veiled or overt, religious sanctions if the local governmental leaders did not act in accordance with what they deemed appropriate. And you know, that just ain’t right… not then and not now.

I think Harry Shearer who voices the pious neighbor on the Simpsons, Ned Flanders, said it best. When he was asked in an interview once what Ned would think about religious influence in the presidential election, he said (in character), “Well, by golly, I reckon we should all go down to church and pray that God helps folks make a good choice and leave it at that.”

Religious defense of racism and hatred against others of differing ideologies… Who we talking about here? Isn’t that what these very same people claim about Muslims and them dang “A-rabs”.

Thank God for sane voices like you, P-Dub.