“When religion and politics travel in the same cart,” [Frank Herbert] wrote, “the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong – faster, faster, faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it’s too late.”

Couldn't this be argued about any religious ideology? It seems to me that it justifies the argument for secularism. But promoting secularism runs counter to the politically correct mentality that's taken hold at the highest levels in this country. Let's get all religion out of our political and public spaces altogether. Only then can we progress as a society. We need the courage to adopt rationalism and humanism as our guiding principles.