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Originally Posted by ernie
It depends I guess. It sounds mostly of the variety of personal belief and sure one can certainly be a democrat and hold a different belief than the norm. I believe Biden was personally pro-life but knows that governing and personal belief are two different things. Governing is NOT imposing your personal beliefs on others.
Provided candidates respect that same thing why would it be an issue?
That's the problem with the GOP...they are using personal and quite often religious beliefs to try to impose laws on everyone. When governing a nation full of diverse individuals that won't work in the long run.
This exchange during the VP debate sums it up:
On one side you have an essentially childlike response of "everything in my life influences everything else" with appeal to the evangelical base who I swear would desperately love to be a Christian ISIS. On the other side, a mature answer that recognizes that ones personal and religious beliefs are separate from the state and what the job at hand entails. You have the freedom to do what I say versus you have freedom to make your own decisions within the law of the land.
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For the most part I agree but the same faction of the left that is currently going after Kamala Harris for not being progressive enough are the ones wailing and gnashing their teeth over this. Personally I dislike a litmus test for politicians as it is hyperpartisan and leaves no room for nuance.
I feel like some of this is what the democratic tea party (Bernie or Bust) is going to keep after for the next two years at least. We may see some serious cutting off your nose to spite your face by the far left who demands an all or nothing adherence to their ideals.