Who I won’t vote for and why
I’m starting a checklist for the presidential hopefuls in next year’s national election. The purpose of my checklist is to keep track of who not to vote for. To keep things simple, I’ve settled on one criterion: If a candidate makes clear that he’s putting the interests of religious fanatics ahead of secular interests, thus ignoring the constitutionally-guaranteed principle of separation of church and state, he goes on the list.
This doesn’t mean I’ll vote for anyone who doesn’t make the list. It just guarantees disqualification for those who do.
- Mike Huckabee — His slogan says it all “Faith, Family, Freedom.” But he doesn’t stop there. He also said “It’s not that we want to impose our religion on somebody. It’s that we want to shape the culture and laws by using a worldview we believe has value.” (Character Makes a Difference by Mike Huckabee) In other words, he does want to impose religion on the world.
- Ron Paul — “The Founding Fathers envisioned a robustly Christian yet religiously tolerant America, with churches serving as vital institutions that would eclipse the state in importance. Throughout our nation’s history, churches have done what no government can ever do, namely teach morality and civility.” – The War on Religion Sorry Ron, but christianity had nothing whatever to do with the founding fathers’ vision for this country.
- Mitt Romney — “I’m convinced that the nation, that the nation does need, the nation does need to have people of different faiths but we need to have a person of faith lead the country.” He thinks belief in some kind of god is a prerequisite for being president. Good enough to make the list.
I’ll update the list as more candidates make their crackpottery clear.
I’m an atheist, and I vote.
