It’s Not What The Candidates Believe, But That They Believe in Something
By: N.T. McQueen
With the presidential race well underway, candidates are already trading barbs about religion. Mitt Romney is getting hassled for being a Mormon as his opponents posture about their Christianity, while some fringe commentators still rail on about how President Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim, as if any of that actually mattered.
Don’t get me wrong. I believe a candidate’s faith is very important and should be one of the criteria people use to decide who gets their vote. I just don’t believe it should matter which faith is in play.
Faith is not just about believing in God or a higher power, but in those select few elected by the people to act on our behalf in the governing of this country, faith is about character. We must remember, as much as we use the term democracy to describe our system of government, it’s actually a republic. The people don’t make decisions on how they are governed. We elect others to do that for us. In doing so, it is in our best interests to do
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