tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183815763968768528.post517693658061627549..comments2015-07-30T04:05:03.724-07:00Comments on A View from the Hinterland: Passing the “No Religious Test” TestMichael Ruffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387955769638547701noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183815763968768528.post-89617798780374393932012-10-15T09:06:27.670-07:002012-10-15T09:06:27.670-07:00Constitutional considerations aside, I don't k...Constitutional considerations aside, I don't know what's worse: An alleged Muslim, or a confirmed Mormon?<br /><br />As a Presbyterian, I'd say the latter is worse. And some of the worst fears of Protestants in this country are coming true, ie, that we have Roman Catholic bishops pressuring Roman Catholic politicians on how they should vote in Congress on various--usually moral-- issues.<br /><br />We need to reinforce the "wall of separation" between church and state.Sam Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12600731687355698582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183815763968768528.post-89875058011920604892012-04-30T15:54:54.576-07:002012-04-30T15:54:54.576-07:00Just My Opinion:
So you would rather vote for the...Just My Opinion:<br /><br />So you would rather vote for the man Obama got all his "best" ideas from?<br /><br />Remember Einstein's definition of insanity...Jeff Sextonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17967891212628747212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183815763968768528.post-56367196994352222872012-04-30T07:49:37.834-07:002012-04-30T07:49:37.834-07:00Of course, most people clearly see that a vote for...Of course, most people clearly see that a vote for Gary Johnson is a vote for Obama.Just My Opinionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13915248345277072789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183815763968768528.post-23307643783586316542012-04-30T01:27:53.548-07:002012-04-30T01:27:53.548-07:00Rev Ruffin:
There IS another option: A (non-pract...Rev Ruffin:<br /><br />There IS another option: A (non-practicing) Lutheran: former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson.<br /><br />Briefly, from his bio: <br /><br />"Governor Johnson, who has been referred to as the ‘most fiscally conservative Governor’ in the country, was the Republican Governor of New Mexico from 1995-2003.<br /><br />A successful businessman before running for office in 1994, Gov. Johnson started a door-to-door handyman business to help pay his way through college. Twenty years later, he had grown the firm into one of the largest construction companies in New Mexico with over 1,000 employees. Not surprisingly, Governor Johnson brings a distinctly business-like mentality to governing, believing that decisions should be made based on cost-benefit analysis rather than strict ideology."<br /><br />http://www.GaryJohnson2012.comJeff Sextonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17967891212628747212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183815763968768528.post-59109421476209167972012-04-27T07:52:34.171-07:002012-04-27T07:52:34.171-07:00"Put simply, we tend to analyze closely the r..."Put simply, we tend to analyze closely the religion of those candidates whom we oppose on other grounds in the hope that we can find further reason to oppose them."<br /><br />You hit the nail on the head (and hard!) with that statement. <br /><br />In USA politics in my lifetime (and probably for the past 236 years) money and the perception that it can be freely pursued without interference have trumped religion at the polls, and I expect that to happen again this year.dabar96https://www.blogger.com/profile/14683396312389941957noreply@blogger.com