User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-1840877-20120629132604/@comment-3472264-20120706003135

Even so after the Dominion is taken care of the Empire could if they wanted to once again legalize Talos worship, the main reason that they outlawed Talos worship is because the Dominion doesn't like the idea of a man becoming a god which I will admit in itself is stupid. But once the Dominion is out of the picture worshiping Talos wouldn't antagonize anyone anymore so the Empire could legalize it again without worry and in doing this they would also difuse a lot of tension and as Balgruuf stated when the treaty outlawing Talos worship was signed the Jarls weren't asked they were told and they had to like it, meaning it's also likely that the Empire was forced into it. Now I know that the Stormcloaks believe that it was the last straw when they surrendered to the Dominion but what they don't seem to realize is that had they not surrendered they would've surely been wiped out and seeing as Skyrim was at the time part of the Empire the residents of Skyrim would've been massacred as well which I'm sure no one would've liked. So as I said I'm all for Skyrim going independant after the Dominion is either wiped out or is no longer a threat.