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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
To be fair, it's a lot less dangerous for a democrat to make this kind of statement then you'd suggest. Republicans tend to be the churchy types, so for a republican to make this statement could very well be political suicide (especially in the south). But for a democrat it could very well boost his popularity depending on where he is representing.
As for people voting for people based on their religious views, why is that so scary? All it says to me is that to those people the social aspect of government policy is more important than the fiscal.
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It is scary in my opinion...because also in my opinion, religious views do not come close to defining a person. So if someone were to base a vote on that alone, then that is a very scary proposition, as there are a ton of other factors that go into who a person is, and that vote could be potentially given to the worst candidate for actually performing the job needed to be done, but shares the voters belief in god...Tell me that doesn't sound shortsighted.
You believing in god, and a politician believing in the same god, this does not come close to meaning you have the same values, you are both good people...or really anything at all....besides you both believe in god.