How much do you think that religion in the south-eastern part of America plays a part of the laws?

What is your opinion on the recent events that are going on in America, anything from the Boston bombing situation, to the Equal-rights marriage being presented to the Supreme Court affect the Bills that are being signed? Do you think that the Boston bombing is a distraction to a Bill that is might be pushed through? Like how the Monsanto Protection Act was signed when everyone media wise was covering the Equal-rights marriage stuff.

How much wood could a wood-chuck chuck, if a wood-chuck could chuck wood?