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I found it interesting - and perhaps inevitable - that the "religious" question would come up.
I do not think we can avoid or exclude religion or spirituality. For me, the whole peace movement is a spiritual statement. I think that we must be inclusive - with rules. One of those is simply that we must each agree to disagree on certain things and to honor each other's paths. We must agree (although many religions and nations are unwilling to do this) that there are may paths, many ways and none are necessarily any better than the others. We must ask not "am I right?" or "is my way right?" but: "what is it we are working to achieve?" "what is it we want?" and "is my way (or your way) working? - are we getting the results we want and intend?" If not, then we need to look for another way - which may be your way or someone else's way or an entirely new way.
We must ask ourselves these questions even about our religious beliefs - are our beliefs leading us to peace within ourselves and our world? are they leading us to be the Christ, the Buddha, a Mohammed? Or are they leading us further into separation and hate? If the latter, are we willing to reexamine our beliefs, our rules - so that we can be even as those Prophets/Saints/Saviours/Masters were and have told us we also can be? We must ask ourselves these questions about our national beliefs. I love so much about the U.S. - our constitution, our declaration of independence, our freedom, our ingenuity. And there are definitely things that need improvement - if not the words, but their interpretation and implementation (which is also true of the scriptures of the various religions).
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