I caught the last few minutes of the Dem debate to apparently witness what I like to refer to as the "Are you religious enough to be president?" section of the debate. Sanders was asked essentially why he seems to disassociate himself from his Jewish origins and answered the question about as awkwardly as a man who is clearly an atheist (but can't admit the fact for obvious reasons) should be expected to answer. Then, a woman in the crowd, who is apparently a local church-goer asked Clinton "to whom and for whom do you pray," as if the question was a life-or-death matter. Clinton answered it very intelligently, as any politician pandering to the religious should be expected to do.
But all this got me to thinking: say what you will about Europe (I'm personally no great fan), but at least this is something they whooped several decades ago, so that they can move on to discuss other matters. Here in America, however, we're still debating crucial topics like whether or not being gay is "icky" and how much prayer is essential to the appropriately performing the tasks of the presidency. 
Just think of all the other dumb stuff we could focus upon with renewed vigor if we could just find some way to move beyond the "Are gays icky?" and "Are you religious enough?" components of American politics.