text: Public recognition and support for religion in general (and some religions in particular) are remnants of an era where churches maintained their own armies and were able to mobilize large segments of the population to do whatever they were told to do.  In that environment, accommodating religion was not a noble concept--it was necessary to the continued existence of the ruling class.   Those days are gone.  The time has come to recognize that religion--all of it--is inherently divisive.  I wouldn't advocate banning religion (that has never worked), but official recognition and support of superstition no longer warrants a place in modern society.  All religious-orientation should be removed from all schools (although I would strongly support a comparative religions course, if taught from an historical perspective) .  Public schools should not be based on religion (e.g. non-Catholic v Catholic), and religions should not receive any public funding or special tax exemptions.