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Originally Posted by Kapt Z
Maybe someday this country will be religiously mature enough to hear a candidate say that his/her faith, or lack of, is nobody's business and still elect them. Won't that be something! 
Oh, and I actually am one of those progressive Christian US residents.  |
Bravo! That's what we Europeans fail to understand, a politician should be allowed to say whether he thinks religion is really that important, or rather a romantic thing, or nobodys business, and still get elected.
Please do not overinterpret my next remark, but imo the US cannot be such a free and modern nation as they always like to be seen if politicians don't even have the freedom to say an honest opinion about religion. If someone wants to get president or senator in the US they must either be exemplary Christians or lie about this.
Same about marriage, why must all candidates be happily married with 1-2 kids? In Europe we have some homosexuals and asexuals and a lot of divorced people in politics and I don't think that this is anyone's business either.