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Would you vote for an open enemy of religion?

"I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion."
-Abraham Lincoln



Now I am not talking about if it is important whether or not they are religous themselves.  If you read the quote, the question is if they are on open enemy of or scoffer at religion.  Generally, no one is going to tell you they are an open enemy to religion, but the way they vote on things and what they lobby in favor of or against, should tell you if they are or not.

What do you think?  Does it matter?  

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Basically, if a person has no religious or moral character then it is unlikely he would get my vote since when in power he would be without empathy for those that do have a religious faith. Another reason, if there is no God with what basic ideals would he decide right from wrong?

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I think this is an interesting question for many reasons. One is that no politician would dare to openly declare themselves an enemy of religion because there are to many voting christians. So for that reason, I would vote for him based on his honesty. You speak of his moral and ethics, but someone that brutally honest about their opinion regarding religion, know the base of the USA is christian now, knowing it would cost him the election, would be more honest than any politician I can remember. Since honesty is a good moral to have, I would indeed consider him moral, since morals are not necessarily entertwined with religion.

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I don't think this question is solely for the United States. There are other countries, with other systems. Many of them HAVE "elected" people who were or are enemies of religion.

However, while US politicians certainly are unlikely to state that they are opposed to religion, there are many who show that they are hostile by their actions. These actions include proposing and supporting legislation that harms religions or attempts to restrict them. This is actually a very common practice these days, in the name of "separation of church and state."

I think it is most common for politicians to be hostile, not towards ALL religion, but against certain specific religions. That is true almost everywhere.

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I wouldn't give my vote to somebody who was so openly against religion, but sometimes I think people with intent have a 'hidden agenda' where they are not so open about their true feelings until they are in 'power'.
Tony Blair, Prime Minister for England, openly calls himself a 'Christian', I then have to question why, so many rulings have come in since he has been in Office, laying down restrictions,and prohibitions to open witnessing, door to door religious calling, and narrowing down the teaching of religion in schools to children.
In my opinion, it doesn't add up.