First Post: Examining the Effects of Religion on Politics in America

So, for my first post I thought I would examine the effect that religion has on American politics. Admittedly, I'm not religious--at all. In fact, I think it ruins the world. And to back up my thoughts I recommend a fascinating book by Christopher Hitchens God is not Great. It's a great book.

But anyways, I found this article by a BBC reporter examining the effect religion has on politics in America.

Basically, the reporter found that Americans are proud to be religious and, therefore, expect our leaders to be religious. Probably best explaining Americans and how they feel about religion in politics is this quote by an unnamed American in the article:

"The candidate I am going to vote for is the right guy from that standpoint. Each time he has a speech he puts God in there and I like that," Mr Barber said, declining to name the candidate.