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I think that people in the Bible Belt are far less monolithically religious than many people imagine. There are lots and lots of people who are free-thinking, secularists, or atheists in the so-called Bible Belt.

Government needs to stay out of the religion business altogether.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.

Politics in America is the binding secular religion.

Religion as a whole specializes in sin management. It's all about organizing humanity in such a way that we cause as little damage as possible.

Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.

What I have said is that I think the federal government and we as a society have come too far in trying to separate good organizations that perform good functions for people just based on the fact one has a religious association and one doesn't.

America is an unusually religious nation.

I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality.