Muslims eat halal. Jews eat kosher. Devout Catholics and Orthodox Christians abstain from meat on Friday and certain holy days. Hindus are vegetarian. But you will never see food practices take on religious intensity like they do in the more politically blue/left-wing bastions of the United States.  This food intensity has been a gold mine of joke material for comedians like JP Sears. Spend some time with vegan, gluten-free, and paleo devotees and you will realize that a fish filet on Friday can never match the cultlike seriousness these food fads take on.  (And if you should ever be trapped at a restaurant table with somebody who is both vegan and gluten-free, run like the wind.) Studies show left-leaning individuals are less likely to identify themselves as religious.  But the truth is they have merely replaced well-known western religious traditions with more rigid ones. If you move to a politically blue part of the country, you will experience the cultural...(Read Full Article)