The Gallup organization has just released a major new research report that measures relative religiosity state by state, and the results are startling. There really is a Bible belt, and some regions of the country are remarkably secular. The poll data is straightforward. Over 350,000 persons were interviewed and asked this question: "Is religion an important part of your daily life?" The data reveal a wide disparity among the states. In Mississippi, 85% answered "yes," while in Vermont, only 42% did so. That is an incredible margin of difference.