I get your point, and there are definitely historical examples of massacres due to religious divide. The U.S. though? Revolutionary war~ liberty from federal government. The U.S. Civil war: Liberty from the tarrifs and pressures focused on southern states. (Yes the legallity of slavery was involved, but sadly that was more to fuck with the industry of the south than the decency of realizing humans are humans (see the next 100 years of segregation atrocities for reference.) If anything, religion has been brought into these issues to bolster the ignorant to or from the side of liberty. LGTBQ marriage for example. Most who understand the legal system disagree with the Supreme Court decision because it sets a precedent wherein a federal court can devide what is legal for states even though no specific case was brought to them to challenge. I'm super conservative by todays standards, but i don't give a shit what you want to do with your body as long as all rights are reviewed (including a states right to be independent of a dictator style central government.) i, along with plenty of "conservatives" believe that any human should be allowed to marry anyother human they want. We just don't want a central kingdom like what D.C. Is turning in to to completely violate the constitution by telling each state what it can and can't do without any constitutional precedent. It's patriotic to fight the flaws in the system, but it isn't helping anyone if you use those flaws to your benefit today, they'll come back to fuck us all (regardless of our preference) tomorrow.