You want to know what's numero uno on my political agenda? It's religion. Not who has a stronger faith, but why it's even an issue.

The United States government has taken freedom of religion too far with all this political correctness garbage. Evangelical Christians want their religious version of biogenesis taught in public schools; they want to ban gay marriage because the Bible says it's wrong. Fundamental Muslims want the government to fork over extra cash to serve halal meat in public schools; they want revisionist history taught because many deny the Holocaust. Many Jews want to make the swastika illegal to display or demand a separate and sovereign nation for followers.

The following statements should be absolutely inconsequential and totally ignored by politicians:
"The Bible states..."
"Allah forbids..."
"...is not kosher."
"The Lord..."
"God..."

If a politician receives a request containing any of the above, or something similar, the response should be, "What's that?" The Constitution guarantees you the right the believe what you want and practice your beliefs. The lawful interpretation stipulates that your practices must abide by the laws of the land and not breach another's liberties. Last time I checked, the Constitution does not say marriage is between a man and a woman. In fact, I can't think of any document - oh, wait -

Dear Senator John Doe,
The Bible says marriage is between a man and a woman.
Signed,
Joe

Dear Joe,
Then maybe you shouldn't marry a man.
Sen. John Doe

Religion has served it's purpose in civilization. It brought civility to a barbarian lack of society and pressed morals upon people, albeit rather forcefully (ya know, the Crusades and all). Notice the semantics of that first statement though: "has served". In the current context, it implies that the action is no longer so; it is not continuing.

Religion has no further purpose in today's world. Humans have gone to war over who has the better imaginary friend. Now, that's not to say that holding a spiritual belief, praying, or accepting Jesus as your savior, et al are bad things. This is not the point of my argument.

The movement against organized religion seems childish at first glance, but hear me out.

The point of my argument is that organized religions like Islam, Christianity (regardless of denomination), and Judaism have brought violence to people because of one simple truth: an organized religion is a government without borders. Unfortunately, in today's world, every government has borders called a "nation" (of course there are some oopsies around). The Vatican has its own budget; its own sovereign territory, its own leaders, and even a system of restricted-dissemination for information they don't want getting out (see: child molestation). Islam even has its own disorganized, yet effective, army. The leadership is goal-oriented and has the world in its sights. Judaism has an internationally recognized sovereign nation that it claims as the holy land for Jews. Thousands upon thousands of people have died fighting for or against a Jewish state. Thousands more are dying for radical Islam's version of the same where Sharia law is above all. And Christians were both persecuted by governments for being heretics (read: they killed Jesus) and had their own hand in destroying opposing beliefs.

Everywhere a radical or fundamental sect of any religion concentrates, it breeds nothing but violence, intolerance, human rights violations, and war. Fundamentalists in all sects have mounted wars against entire nations, or hemispheres in Islam's case, because of their religious beliefs. This is not a Christian nation, nor a Muslim or Jewish for that matter. The United States of America is a Constitutional Republic and does not have provisions for religious law and exceptions to the rule because God said so. I'll respect the cross, the Koran, and not wear Nazi militaria to a synagogue, so leave my Constitution alone; I don't pay income tax to God.