[EnderWiggin1970]

It is impossible to "take religion out of politics" because everyone has a foundational religious worldview that governs how they think. Some people are just blind to their own religious commitments and faith, but that doesn't mean it doesn't govern their choices. This is made easier (that is, they are blind to their own blind faith) when the media and schools share their faith assumptions.

That's why dissidents like me characterize our time in the government schools as time spent in a religious cult, and find the culture around us overwhelmingly religious - just not in the way you think. I have to face down blind faith, unreasoning dogmas and zealotry every day in America from self-styled "irreligious" people who might as well be jihadists for all it matters.

[tbewin]

I catch what you’re saying; worship of the state is a religion. You are correct! We do have to identify fringe issues that stand in the way of our overall objective.