Comments on: A Religious Test For Office http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/12/06/a-religious-test-for-office/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kevin http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/12/06/a-religious-test-for-office/#comment-46900 Kevin Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:27:21 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/12/06/a-religious-test-for-office/#comment-46900

But should voters consider religion when they decide who to vote for?

Ideally, no. But as I said on another thread, we are a long way off from reaching that ideal.

Thus, I do not fear electing theists to office, but I certainly fear those who I believe would decide policy based on faith, and not on reason, like Mike Huckabee (and George W. Bush).

How about electing a theist whose faith defines their conscience and morality? After all those two factors have to come into play whenever making a decision on a law or well anything.

]]> By: David Wilson http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/12/06/a-religious-test-for-office/#comment-46895 David Wilson Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:51:26 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/12/06/a-religious-test-for-office/#comment-46895 I believe that his speech is not a matter of religious test, but is however, a complete waste of time. I believe that the constitution apples to government tests for religion, but also protects against those who are elected to office based upon religious reasons (they cannot pass laws respecting particular religions nor prohibit the free practice thereof). People are going to be silly and pious no matter what, and if they want to vote for someone on religious qualifications, so be it, that is their right. They are, however, simply wrong.

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