[wardaddy]

aryan brotherhood is a prison gang...hardly a religion.

many of the others are actually sects.

[strela]

aryan brotherhood is a prison gang...hardly a religion.

So does the state have to approve a religion in order for it to be a religion? Their parishioners believe they are a religion - who am I (or the state) to tell them they're not?

many of the others are actually sects

So? There are lots of sects that fall within the general rubric of 'Christianity'.