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The religious bastards that currently have our government by the nads want everything America has and more. They want far more than just the freedom worship as they please, something that isn't readily available all over the world. They also want to be able to force their neighbors who are not as committed to bend to their interpretation of how the world should be run.

Ignoring for the moment the whole muslim-lunacy thing, and focusing on America, it's impossible to say where the influence starts and where the impact ends. If you slap the tag of religion on anything, from a genuine place of worship to business efforts such as hospitals and day care centers, you get two things: free money and freedom to screw people as you like. You can fire people because they have cancer. You can deny teachers or nurses the right to unionize. You can endorse sexual harassment, condone discrimination. All this -AND- the government will uphold your freedom to do this simply because your religion (and lack of humanity) dictate it.

Personally I think there's no end in sight. The religious are, despite their claims, the greediest of all institutions. Souls apparently aren't enough, when money and influence are available. Supreme dictator of the world in all things? Yes, that's what they're after - and human salvation is only an afterthought.