Is Religion a Right Wing Plot?

While I will agree, partially and only in the respect that President Bush has described himself as a "Messianic Warrior".  I would respectfully point out that painting "religion in the U.S." with such a wide brush simply is incorrect.  While religion is found to be currently in disfavor, it must be pointed out that America was founded by those fleeing religious persecution.

The institutional establishment of religion as "a friend of the state" has been found to be a necessary prerequisite for the establishment of totalitarian regimes since the time of ancient Rome.  There are those who are simple, sincere people of faith and there are the money grubbing professionals who merchandise faith for self benefit: the spectrum in the United States is a wide one.

While I simply cannot answer for each and every religious believer, the freedom of religious expression is a valued American tradition and sooner or later totalitarian regimes eventually turn on those who assisted them to power.

I would just as soon give those that I may disagree with free reign, than to turn on any with malice; we saw the sterling results of what can happen in Germany in the last century.