Why religion is a problem, in a nutshell:

When called by a psychic who declared that she had psychic visions of a mass grave on a Texas property, police searched the place, dug it up, and found nothing.

Then, and only then, did they MAYBE think that they might want to check to see if the tipster knew anything REAL.

(no subject)

Shorter head of Manhattan rape investigation unit: "If a woman asks to talk to a female officer when reporting rape, she's lying."

(no subject)

Shorter Massachusetts Republican on the Make Raping An Immigrant Legal program: "If women don't want to be raped, they shouldn't be in the country illegally."

(In case you think I'm unfairly summarising, the direct quote is "My thought is that if someone is here illegally, they should be afraid to come forward. If you do it the right way, you don’t have to be concerned about these things" in response to being specifically asked about victims of rape.)