Comments on: Some Friday JibJab; And Do Evangelicals Really Vote Based on Faith? http://www.article6blog.com/2008/07/18/1003/ Religion in the 2008 Presidential Campaign: Commentary by an Evangelical Christian and a Mormon Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:45:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Lori http://www.article6blog.com/2008/07/18/1003/#comment-12683 Lori Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:38:10 +0000 http://www.article6blog.com/2008/07/18/1003/#comment-12683 That quote of Grace and Joan make me want to scream too! These ladies wish to examine a candidate's religion and religiosity by holding it up to the light and turning it over and peering into it. Is this not a religious test? Why should it matter? When we have a nation of religious freedom and multiple faiths and creeds, are they only capable of supporting a person who shares their own religion? We are back to identity politics which never unifies and only divides us from those who do not share that common quality that identifies us. How can we ever rise above such petty politics? That quote of Grace and Joan make me want to scream too! These ladies wish to examine a candidate’s religion and religiosity by holding it up to the light and turning it over and peering into it. Is this not a religious test?

Why should it matter? When we have a nation of religious freedom and multiple faiths and creeds, are they only capable of supporting a person who shares their own religion? We are back to identity politics which never unifies and only divides us from those who do not share that common quality that identifies us. How can we ever rise above such petty politics?

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