Religion and Politics

The NY Times recently ran a series on just how entangled the state and religion actual is. I wanted to comment on the series but really don't have the time as a lot of the posts would require a lot of legal theorising and I'm trying to read Kwame Toure's book. I'll probably revisit the subject but I wanted to post this video

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2089880n

because it shows how much a scam the whole religion conflation with the state has become. What had started as a principle to make sure that the State did not oppress religious people, has become a cesspool of tax breaks and flat out violations of "equal protection" that has transformed the 4th Amendment into the largest tax loophole in existance. But more on that later.