Sentence:  This is brought out in the common religious ethos that prevails even in the denominationally diverse audiences at many secular semi-public and public occasions in the United States ; and it is evidenced in the prayers offered , in the frequent religious allusions , and in the confirmation of <WSD>points</WSD> on religious grounds . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole