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Well said loquitur. Myself, growing up in the bastion of liberalism that is minneapolis, well, there are plenty of churches in this city, and plenty of religious folk and we've not had a republican mayor since 1973.
I think that if there is any reason why conservatives are associated with religion it is that the republican party has made religious branding an essential part of its marketing. It's similar to how military competence, at least prior to the iraq war, used to be synonymous with the conservative perspective. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the way things actually are, it's just a useful angle for appealing to a particular subset of eligible voters.
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