Should Religion Be Kept Out Of Political Debates?
A person’s religion іѕ thеіr personal business, I dο nοt need tο hear thеіr religious views.
I don’t сhοοѕе a President based upon hοw strong οr weak a Christian thеу аrе, I сhοοѕе a President based upon whether thеу саn gеt thе job done οr nοt.
I аm more concerned οn whаt vision dο thеу hаνе tο mаkе America better fοr аll οf іtѕ citizens.
It should be but it by no means will be.
No, we should be free to ridicule candidates for their superstitions.
I reckon to a certain extent you are right. I don’t care about a person’s religion unless it is something that would effect their choice making process. For model if they were a radical Muslim who would place his religion before the excellent of the country then it would matter a splendid deal.
No. Freedom of address and Freedom of religion. While no one can openly institute government authority onto a Religious institution, people can confess their faith and their moral thoughts.
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By the way, you choose a President wisely…rightly…
others,but, are not as educated.
Yep and politics should stay out of churches until they start paying taxes.
But we know that neither will ever happen. And no I am not a Liberal.
The problem is that others, many others, will cast their vote based on the perceived religious beliefs of the candidate. JFKs religion was used against him. Nixon was supposedly a quaker but sent thousands to die. Romney is supposed to be a mormon, as is Harry Ried, but friends tell me that both are on the outs with the church. People keep saying that Obama is muslim, but he isn’t. None of these things will go away simply because you find them irrelevant.
A man much greater than anyone in politics today had quite a bit to say about it…..Jefferson knew the price that would be paid if religion became involved with politics and politics became involved with religion. Way too terrible that we haven’t paid any attention to him….look where it has lead us.
http://candst.tripod.com/tnppage/qjeffson.htm
Just as much as race and gender should be kept out of political debates
A person’s race is their personal business, I do not need to hear about their skin color
A person’s gender is their personal business, I do not need to hear about their genetalia
You reckon Hillary and Ubama would agree to this?
If someone is going to make decisions that affect the country and the world based on their superstitions, that is vital for people to know.
I, too, do not want a person’s religious believes to be an come forth in politics. I would much rather get them to be nailed down on a certain come forth. Not accept a no answer answer. Make it clear to the public. That way if they do not stay on through when elected, then they should not be reelected. I do not care if Fred Thompson is born again or Mitt Romney is Mormon. I did not care if JFK was Catholic, I did care that he slept around on Jackie while he was supposed to be at work in the White Household. I by no means knew the religions of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, or Ford. I do know that Nixon was a Quaker and Carter was Baptist. The point is it is the philosophy of the candidate that is vital and not there theology.
Religion and politics don’t mix very well. Thomas Jefferson sought after tax-funded, gov-operated public schools because private schools, which were all religious schools back then, gave a radical religious education. And Jefferson attended persons types of schools, so he would know.
Religion is for many their grounds for morals and choice making. A excellent candidate to them is one who has a strong religious belief, ordinarily in the same denomination as their own.
To them, if a candidate has a excellent religious background it means he will make the right decisions, whether this is right or not is a different debate.
While we theoretically stay on the notion of ‘separation of Church and State’, nothing prohibits persons in the State of supporting a religion personally and making decisions based off of their faith.
While I agree religion does tend to make fanatics, I reckon religion plays into politics more for the votes in an election or public support for a highly visible bill or movement, and not so much for the actual choice making process.
Your’s is a sound view. I do believe that it is vital to address the come forth of religion for only one reason, so that it does not become a campaign come forth. John F. Kennedy ran for president and acknowledged his Catholic faith, participation and background. He also made sure that everyone understood that the Constitution of the United States would be the rule of law, and not the Canon Law of Rome. He was thoroughly able to separate his role as a Catholic man and that of President of the United States. Whether you view him as a excellent President or not, his presentation of the facts was excellent enough for the American public. Then it was on to the issues at hand. If the current candidates can take the same tact and mean it, not bringing their agendas to rule the lives of others, then their religious beliefs and affiliations (or lack of affiliations) will have no import.
You have a point in saying that religion is personal business.But a person’s religious beliefs – no matter what they are – quite often will tell how they are inclined to vote or lead on issues.So while you might not care how a person worships their God (or doesn’t as the case may be),that person is more than likely influenced by their religious beliefs and teachings.And that is why you should care about their religion.
If you’re talking about the debate question from that guy in Dallas last night, I thought that was splendid! He flushed out all the goobers for us, that easily…
I believe religion should be OUT of the political debates. While it would be nice to have someone with a recognizable value system it should not be essential. The voting confirmation and what a person has said or done politically are what counts.
No. I do believe a person’s religion is their own personal business until they run for an office where their beliefs could effect their choice making.
Personally, knowing someone is religious is a negative, not a positive.