Who Would You Vote For?

Sycophant said:

Part of the reason I asked was that there seems considerable interest in the idea that Barak Obama is (or was) a Muslim, and this alone seems to be providing a reasonable basis to question his suitability as a presidential candidate.

And also, that I've seen it suggested that no professed atheist could go far in the US political system - that faith (ideally Christian) seems to be a fundamental requirement for many US voters.

It's curious to me, because politicians in my country barely ever make faith or religion an issue (aside from specifically religious parties). I don't think our Prime Minister is religious, but I don't know. The leader of the opposition goes out of his way to avoid answering the question 'do you believe in God' - he attends Church he says, but won't go further than that. I have no idea about the rest of them really. I know one is a Rastafarian. Another is a devout Christian (he leads a Christian party).

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tulc said:

(those things shouldn't even enter in to consideration)

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tulc said:

Well I vote for a lesbian atheist commie every four years here in my home town.

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You should not be allowed to say something like this and then not tell us where you live.

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Sycophant said:

This is mainly directed toward the Christian members in here, but of course open to all...

Imagine a presidential primary for your political party of choice, you are presented with two candidates.

They are practically identical in all the ways that you can measure - the same expressed policies, views, values, etc...

The only real difference between the two, in the candidacy at least, is their religious views.

One candidate is Muslim, the other is an atheist.

Having to choose one, based entirely on their religious view, who would you choose?

You may vote now... I am interested to hear comments about why you might be inclined to choose one over the other.



Background:
I've seen it expressed here before that atheists are untrustworthy, as they lack morals. I've also seen it expressed that Muslims cannot hold positions of power as they hold a loyalty to their faith over country.

I do not believe there are any atheists in congress. And there certainly hasn't been an atheist president in the last century.

There is, I believe, one Muslim member of congress.

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tulc said:

Chicago.
tulc(she's the only politician he would always vote for)

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