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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (50612)8/31/2006 4:57:43 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
Neither " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" nor "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States" really amount to "separation of church and state". The part about religious tests is highly specific. The part about establishment is a slightly more complex issue, but certainly religious ideas can have quite a role in politics without any establishment of religion. If Harris limited her statements to pointing that out, there wouldn't be a good reason to disagree with her. But when she says things like "If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin", she deserves a lot of criticism. Not that people only voting for Christians violates either of the constitutionally standards you quoted (people are and should be free to vote for anyone who is legally eligible), but such a comment shows at least a degree of intolerance to non-Christians, and voting strictly based on religious sect is an idea that will generally have negative results if it becomes the norm. If politics becomes a matter of religion than the country can truly be torn apart. We should vote as Americans, not as partisan supporters of a particular religion or ethnic group.
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