wow this is interesting, i've been out a while and hope my intrusion is somewhat warranted...
you do understand you live in a shared country, its made up of so many delusional and rational religious and nonreligous individuals that calling it "my" state and then stating if its, how did you put it... "separated" that you'de be expected to stay quite? no! please don't!
but sorry to put this out but there's not allot of truth, or at least "to the point honesty" in subscribing to a christian/hebrew/chathlic/islomic/atheistic belief system... reason, rationality, theory and not facism, insanity, global dominance, or unfounded faith is needed in politics (not to state there never is)
darwinism... kinda ridiculous, but evolution is proven, so its a rational fact so it's being taught at schools, its your favorite close-minded priest and the concerned family that balls like child when a higher institution has a preferred method of teaching... called truthful, no offense but the church here in Montana still will not accept "heresy" so to speak, im atheist because i believe i9n man, i read Nietzsche and agree with him on allot of things, find it abit hopeful. but religion is kinda needed for contrast, for diffrence, and for your own discoveries... who knows what you may find.