Religion has occupied a rather prominent, and sometimes controversial place in our societys landscape. Most of us, whatever our religious preference, do tend to show goodwill and have a generous regard for those whose religious orientation may be different from ours. Sure, there are those individuals and, needless to say, government policies that undermine our widely held believe in the principle of freedom of religion. Yet, for the most part (and the religious bigots notwithstanding), we have had a fairly healthy tradition of coexisting. In this climate of relative religious coexistence (but also some uneasiness), however, we have come to witness a creeping and now seemingly pervasive tendency for many of our politicians and public figures to often invoke a religious prayer or greeting before addressing an audience or a gathering, initiating a meeting, or even making a presentation all of which happen to be non-religious in nature. This has been increasing the case - irrespective ...