Explanation:
It all depends on the political system at a place when analyzing this statement. If it happens to be a high religious-based government, which follows religious doctrines to create and implement public policies, religion will be supporting. If it is a laic government, based on rationale and laws that do not follow any specific religion, but general concepts of human rights, religion can be seen undermining. For example, homosexuals have been seen as second class citizens and even illegal in some countries high a high religious-political system, whereas just normal citizens in areligious ones.
The answer is Competing.
There are five types of conflict resolution or conflict management; competing, avoiding, accommodating, compromising, and collaborating. When a person is ensuring final words during a conflict just like in Kate's situation, she is using competing response. Competing is having high concern for self and have low concern for others.