Humm..i nthe past at times we have had a close tie between religion and the goverment (the 1950's comes to mind). During those times we have seen the goverment use religion as a tool to controll and subjagate us. they use god as a way to strip away all of our rights and freedom. I would much rather see a very strong seperation of church and state, the door swings both ways if you open it for religion to enter the goverment, the goverment will enter your religion.