[Kevin]

Throughout history, anytime people in any society think that public policy is or should be dictated by men who talk to God, it's been bad joojoo. What a recipe for disaster this could be.

Then again, this is America, we should be able to freely express our ideas. is there really a huge difference between the devout following some talk show hosts have with regard to public and political opinion and that the relationship which might exist between someone and the guy or gal at the pulpit?

With the choice of religion we have these days, might "blue" folks seek "blue" parishes and vice-versa? Don't we all sort of do that already?

The difference between us and say.. Iran is that we have several thousand churches while they have one which is exceedingly dominant. There's enough diversity, I think to stave off a blending of church and state.