Yes, he’s got better values than the religious right.Yes, it's great that he wants to reduce poverty.
But the Presidential Forum on Faith and Politics he recently organized and broadcast on CNN scares me.
We are supposed to have no religious test for office in this country. And yet his presidential forum put the three leading candidates on trial in front of a “special panel of religious leaders.” Eeuw. Kind of like the Inquisition, huh?
The whole set-up made me squirmy, not to mention the questions that were asked: about the candidates’ greatest sins! About the content of their prayers! Today it is the candidates in the hot seat of judgment. Tomorrow it could be me, a citizen.
It didn’t help that all three candidates are Christian, and every panelist who asked a question was Christian. I am not a Christian. I’m not very religious at all. But I have deeply held beliefs and values, and faith that my life has meaning. I would make a good president if I were so inclined.
This nationally broadcast presidential forum left me feeling like an outsider in my own country…even in my own political party.
So, what am I going to do about it?
I’ll sign the petition at First Freedom First in support of
real Religious Liberty and the Separation of Church and State.
2 comments:
This is excellent!
BAC
Thank you, and thanks to FFF for being there.
Yeah, it IS scary. My BAT focused on the prospect of facts becoming irrelevant in the political arena if BELIEFS are given the reins of power.
Truly a terrifying thought to this non-theist.
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