This article merely confirms what I have long theorized. The GOP, broadly, consists of two factions, the religious faction and the libertarian faction. Ordinarily, there is no reason to believe these two groups have anything in common. Indeed, I suspect most of the religious folks would wholeheartedly support public education if religious indoctrination was part of the curriculum. The religious freak show is angry because the power of secular government vs the power of religious authority is a zero-sum game. Nowhere is this dichotomy more evident than in the failing states of the Muslim world - like in Pakistan, where successive secular governments have failed to provide basic necessities for their people. It is in this void that religious institutions step in. After all, if education is not provided by the State, then churches and mosques must provide it. Where religion advances, civil society retreats. It is no coincidence that religious participation is lowest in the countries where secular governments function - e.g., most of Europe, Canada, Japan, etc. The rate of religious participation is highest in Third World countries with the lowest socioeconomic statistics. Religion is nothing more than a power game predicated on the gullibility of the superstitious.