re: #355 transient

The religion can espouse any position it wants. I would be wary of the individual candidate/official that allowed his/her religious institution(s) to make business (or other) decisions for him/her.

True. But some religions demand an adherence to the rules of their leadership to be considered good members of the faith while others do not.

From wikipedia - about the leader of the mormon church:

“As president of the church, Monson is considered by adherents to be a prophet, seer, and revelator of God’s will on earth.”

That’s problematic for me. Men are men, when we start making them gods we start running into trouble.