Wednesday, August 08, 2007

No Mormon For President

Yes, Romney needs to answer questions about his religion

I think this article sums it up quite nicely. I personally don't want the guy giving the green light to a missile silo in North Dakota or Montana to say that he was going off of what 'the spirit' told him. That doesn't make me feel good!

Another major problem with hiring a mormon for president is that the religion:
-doesn't promote tolerance of other belief-systems and ideas/critical thinking in general
-encourages a theocratic-style of government

Faith-based thinking also, I believe, runs a little too close to being ruled by fear. Fear is the whole reason we're going to lose the war on terror. There's a major difference between doing something smart (locking pilots in planes from the cockpit side) and doing something retarded (confiscating all liquids over 2 ounces) concerning safety.

I'm against voting for someone whose core beliefs include forcing everyone to believe what you believe and ignore everything else. I'm against voting for a man (or woman, for that matter) who believes and treats the opposite sex as lesser than their own.

Terrorists propagate on fear. They are masters at exploiting the media and capitalizing on what the mob is going to do. Yes, of course, we should do things that will keep us safe from terrorism. No one should have to live in a state where they fear getting blown up walking across the street, or raped and killed because they fell in love with someone else.

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