1) A person who exploits religion for political purposes. 2)A politician who uses religion solely as a means to further their political career.
Americas founding fathers feared that a political fundamentalist would someday come along who would use religion as a means to undermine democracy in an attempt to establish a theocracy in America.Prudently they established the doctrine that seperation of church and state must be upheld to preserve democracy.
by Pilate January 23, 2006