re: #883 buzzsawmonkey

Why does the fact that any person has faith mean that they have to throw it out the window when they get into the political arena? Such a claim is absurd. Nobody, including myself, has suggested they should be “given the levers of political power based on their faith”; that is a chimera in your own head.

I am merely stating that the fact that someone’s faith informs their thoughts and decisions is not reason for disqualifying them from active political participation; you, on the other hand, seem to think it does.

Take care, buzz. Hope to see you online again. One more thought, while it’s on my mind…

Vote-for-a-religious-person is definitely not a chimera in my own head. Did you miss the religious right pastors who endorsed Bush from the pulpit because he would be “our first true Christian president,” which they equated to be a world-changing event.

I didn’t say faith needed to be thrown out a window…but that in a secular country, it necessarily takes a back seat to the Constitution. Always.