Does the 'scientist' engaged in the 'war on religion' compromise science with partisan agenda?

I take your point in the nature that it was presented. There are a few scientists who spend more time in the criticism of the beliefs of others than in actual science. I am not very familiar with the work of Mr Dawkins, so I cannot comment on that specifically. However, it is also true that the vast majority of scientists labor in political silence. And if you seek a partisan agenda, surely you need look no further than Mr Stein, who insists on misinterpreting whatever few sentences of science text he has ever read. I suspect that there are rather blatant political mouthpieces on both sides of the political issue. The discussion that results has about as much to do with actual science as it has to do with actual religion. The only real problems occur when one side attempts to speak for the other, i.e. by forcing scientists to teach about creationism or by forcing churches to teach about evolution. Neither of these political positions makes any sense. Each discipline should be able to stand on its own merits and see what results in terms of an active following, without descending into doentaries and name calling - which just inspires opposing doentaries and name calling.