Now, they cannot fall back on any "Church/State" argument, so why do this? They stand to offend more than they will appease.
The average non-religious person (such as myself) does not feel slighted at all when religion/God is mentioned in a public forum.
Just last week, an old high school friend of mine took me to a Catholic Mass, and I thought it was glorious.
It seems that folks out there in the media are not trying to placate a small minority, but are trying to be proactive in their attempt to "radically secularize" all things we see and hear - but I'll leave the conspiracy theorizing to Merc ;)
Why? Looks like you're doing a fine job, grasshopper!
Snatch the pebble from my hand... **g**