@Debrandir
Of course they have the right to write whatever they want, but no tragedies are caused by religion. All those tragedies are caused by people. The authors could actually show us how religion is used to corrupt and influence the characters, but instead we just told "religion is bad"...
@Birthdayfreak67
Bro, you said he's strong minded in his ideals of maintaining safety and the status quo. If that's true then he obviously would do his best to maintain those ideals, but he doesn't do that at all. Claire threatens him with "blackmail" saying she would show everyone the picture...