Religion undermining democracy?

Check out Don Monkerud, Bush Reaffirms Commitment to Government Support of Religion, IRC Right Web. He concludes, "Compromise becomes impossible when religious groups, which hold to “God’s will,” refuse to make accommodations with secular interests. The last time groups failed to compromise was over slavery. Although conditions today aren’t as volatile as they were during Lincoln’s time, when people are unprepared to compromise, civil war is often the result."