text: One of the worst examples of mixing religion and government resulting in the death and destruction of thousands of human beings.  Add in torture to rid the heathens of their cultural visage, heritage, and language revealed the true nature of the christian religious dogma.  Long past time to rid all government of religious attachments especially the exemptions from taxes to participate in the government functioning.  The nation continues to be plagued by these god-claimers demanding special privilege based on invisible powers without foundation or reality.  The massive, billion dollar, military budgets should be able to find a few thousands to rectify this historical blight on the nation's honor.