*Yawn*
USA has this whole freedom of religion thing. So, religious behavior has to be tolerated. Now matter how much we aren't forced to take a religion, it would appear that public acts of religion are generally frowned upon. So of course, the public generally freaks out with religous behavior. Thus, Zaktan.
On the other hand, it's surprising how much religion I've seen around. In school, students learn about Christianity, Islam, Buddhists, all the while not even touching base with what the religions are based around. Christmas carols sung at public gatherings talk about the baby Jesus, though I'm sure I can't explain how much this pains me without someone on this forum freaking out. Heck, I've even seen a non-religous movie use the worship song "Hiding Place" for music. Ouch.
So yes, politics suck, and they tend to make a person sleepy.