re: #78 windsagio

I think it really really started with Carter actually, Reagan definitely took part in it… I think people wanted to fee l their presidents were moral after that whole Watergate thing.

Just about all of them claim to be Southern Baptists too, which is funny given the whole ‘we were formed to defend slavery’ thing. I presume its the best political choice.

Yeah, I was thinking about Carter. and yes, it may have started with him.

But here’s the thing about Carter: Many folks were swayed because he talked the talk and walked the walk, religion-wise.

And so many folks were disappointed in his performance as President, he didn’t win a second term. And so I think that’s a lesson that some folks seem to have forgotten - a religious “test” for who we want in office is not really pertinent to anything as to how this country is led.