Religion and politics don't mix

I've been watching the US presidential race for some time now. There is one thing that really bugs me about US politics ... RELIGION! No matter what, democrat or republican (but mostly republicans), religion for some reason plays a huge part in US politics. Why??? The worst thing you can do is to mix religion and politics. European countries realized this long ago, but in the US the most important thing for a politician seems to be whether he or she believes in God. Mitt Romney is a Mormon. Mike Huckabee is former Baptist minister. The sitting President, George W. Bush, is always refering to his belief. Any republican who dare say that he or she does not believe in God is toast, and will surely loose all support. Why? If you listen to the democrats, sure they probably believe in God as well, they don't proclaim the belief in God as often as most republicans.

My opinion about this ... get religion out of politics. Once you do that you might finally start making decisions based on fact instead of fiction.