This has been bugging me for a while now. I can't believe this is even an issue here - this is supposed to be the place for agnosticism!

   Religion has a long, bloody, oppressive History here. There's the crusades, the Inquisition, the Catholics vs. Protestants wars, the economic exploitation by the nobles and the Church, the Absolutist monarchies, the opposition of the Church to democratic movements...Presently, at least where I live, religion isn't even a hot topic. Most people are agnostics/atheists (guilty as charged), and most of the religious are moderate, some even unaffiliated.

   I can't tell for sure whether the nuts stand a chance at instituonalizing religion - but I intend to oppose that if I can. The last thing I want to see is a Europeean Pat Robertson 20 years from now.