How religion warps U.S. political discourse…

In this post, I'll commit the cardinal sin of discussing religion and politics.  Maybe you never were invited to dinner where the host tells you, "Mr. and Mrs. X are also attending.  They are Y religion, so don't discuss religion.  In fact, don't discuss politics either."  If you were, I don't know about you, but it's hard for me to sit down at a dinner table and avoid the topics of religion and politics, because most other Americans just can't resist them.  Where European, Latin American...