>The strange (and wrong) part is that listing a religion is required for an id!
Yes, probably. Some might argue that it is for information purposes only, but in this particular case it has already been used for discrimination, and in other cases... well, there is always a possibility of abuse.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)