One of the (many) problems I have had in allowing religion and government (particularly in the US) to mix at all is that you can't go very far down that slippery slope before you have to ask "which religions"?
According to the World Christian Encyclopedia, there are 19 "major" religions in the world that are divided into 270 significant religious groups. Among Christians alone 34,000 individual Christian groups have been identified in the world, the majority of which are "independent" churches that do not want to link with any larger groups.
So, when Republican factions (for example) want to invoke religious "rights" or insist that government should be more 'religious' -- it would be accurate (and thoughtful) to ask "which one"? And don't take any weaselly bull-crap answer like "those who believe in the one God" --- I guarantee you each of the above groups/religions has their own definition and perhaps name for 'God'.
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