Sometimes the cultures phobia of religion borders on the absurd.

Examples of hostility toward religious values and those who hold them abound... This antireligious bigotry is not confined to the classroom.

An Associated Press report by Chicago-based reporter Sharon Cohen in May 1993 examined Christian fundamentalists and concluded that they were prone to 'riots, terrorism - and death.'

Religious conservatives still lack a theology of direct political action.

Students are not to read the Bible, jurors are not to hear it, prosecutors cannot quote from it, and teachers are not to display it.

We should resist the temptation to identify our religious convictions with the platform of a party or the platitudes of favored politicians.

Sometimes the cultures phobia of religion borders on the absurd.