[Vision2020] Separation Of Church And State Marginalized: SarahPalin's Church Speech

[lfalen]

Ted
You have some good points here. You are probably right that someone who does not belong to a mainstream religion would not be elected. As for me I don't care what there religion is or if they have one. It is they basic philosophy and and values that I am interested in.
Roger
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From: "Ted Moffett" starbliss at gmail.com
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:45:24 -0700
To: vision2020 vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Separation Of Church And State Marginalized: SarahPalin's Church Speech

> Respect for the separation of church and state is not an
> essential criteria that McCain considered when choosing a vice presidential
> candidate, given Sarah Palin's explicit linking of her religion and the
> goals of government.  In fact, given the realities of US politics at this
> time in history, any candidate for president or vice president must
> announce, and back up by action, they are a devout Christian, or they will
> have a limited chance of election.  Witness Obama's repeated insistence he
> is not Muslim, his emphasis on his Christian faith, and the attacks, by
> those wishing to undermine his campaign, that he has a Muslim background.
> 
> Does anyone realistically think a Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Wiccan, Atheist
> or Agnostic, would have a chance of election as president?  Mitt Romney is
> far more qualified than McCain as CEO of the US, yet who doubts his Mormon
> heritage, viewed by many Christians as questionably "Christian," was a
> negative?  Or that any presidential candidate would choose someone
> representing those other spiritual orientations listed, as a VP candidate?
> Certainly Obama's choice of devout Catholic Joe Biden for VP supports this
> theory, though I trust Biden supports the separation of church and state
> more than it appears Palin does.
> 
> Religion dominates the US political landscape.  It is more prejudicial for a
> candidate for the presidency or VP to be other than Christian as a religious
> orientation, than it is for the candidate to be of a "racial" minority, or
> of the female gender. * *
> **
> *I suppose this is some sort of progress!*
> 
> Religion is a dominate form of prejudice in politics.  No, I am not offering
> exhaustive research at this time to back up this claim... I have offered
> exhaustive research to this list on other issues, and it is ignored and
> mocked by those with an irrational bias.  Nonetheless, this claim appears to
> have merit.  Why else does Karl Rove tailor Republican strategy aimed at
> earning the Christian evangelical vote, certainly a partial reason to choose
> Palin?
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG1vPYbRB7k&feature=related
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