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Originally Posted by Flasch186
I dont care what GW said 200+ years ago as times have changed and I live in the here and now. Our country was not founded on Christianity and I know you'll argue this to no end but I truly believe that the founding fathers wanted religious freedom for all even if it means having no religion at all, and having religious decisions play a role in our countries legislation and decision making is an affront to that foundation and scary scary scary shit. If you disagree with this than IMO you are ok with opening a door to second class treatment of those who arent homogeneous with the religious ideals held by those in power. Throughout history this has been an ingredient for failure.
I have faith that our greatest achievements by our elected leaders are done when religion isn't leaned upon in the decision making apparatus.
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The Constitution protects against "opening a door to second class treatment of those who aren't homogeneous with the religious ideals held by those in power".
Religious is fading in America, not growing. It seems strange to me, that in 2008, you're somehow scared of (I guess), John McCain coming in and making religious-based decisions. No matter who is president, they'll be less religiously motivated than ANY other president in history (can't prove it, just an opinion, and an observation of the decline of religion in this country).
It's up to the voters of course. If they want a Satantic president, they can vote for one (though he'd still be limited by Constitution). But every president has been Christian, and usually pretty overtly so. Americans aren't scared of that, because we know about Christiantiy. American Christianity isn't really very scary (and it's actually pretty shallow in the sense that it doesn't drive people's lives like to contradict regular American values). Is a good Christian all that different than a good atheist? The Christian values aren't very desctructive, for the most part.
I guess I don't understand why you think McCain is any "scarier" than Obama in this regard, if that's what you're saying.