I think for the most part the US is a Christian country, lots of Christian fundamentalists try to pull the strings.. yabba yabba.
I also think that it does a lot of people good, and the US is probably a better place yabba yabba.
But it would be a better place if they had a huge bible/Quran/any other religious book burning session to stop bullying the people into feeling guilt. It's exactly the same in the middle east ; it wouldn't be such a shithole if so called clerics take their head out their ass and moved with the times; allowing people to be happy and not so bogged down with religious spin and hypocritical beliefs, muttered to them by so called religious leaders.