WASHINGTON — The State Department, moving to react to damage it says was caused by a Newsweek magazine article alleging U.S. desecration of the Koran, is ordering its embassies to spread the word abroad that America respects all religious faiths.

This task is that much more of a tall-order given you have an administration that's in bed with the religious right. Another problem that comes with a president who so overtly endorses one religion. Anyone willing to link Muslim unrest to this fact?