Why are we choosing a president only for his religious beliefs?

Question

why are we choosing a president only for his religious beliefs when we have so many different religions, an life opinions across the world. an the majority of religions, an beloved leaders are all for the same thing. Peace, Equality, an Respect for all things living on this earth. Am I right or wrong?

Answer 1

ill vote for the president who legalizes weed then taxes it. since it could be a while, all the presidents mean S************** to me.

Answer 2

No

I vote for the candidate that best represents my interests. I don't care about his religion so long as it doesn't interfere with doing his jo as president

BTW I am voting for Obama

Answer 3

we are?  i'm not..

Answer 4

You are right. And unfortunately, that group seems to hold the balance.. and that is why we ended up with the Bush presendency. What a disaster. Everything went wrong.

Answer 5

It is traditional in America to do so... We do live in a predominantly Puritan society w/ IN GOD WE TRUST and ONE NATION UNDER GOD and so on and so forth...

Answer 6

I am voting for Obama and it had nothing to do with his religious beliefs it has to do with his stance on political issues that I care about.

Answer 7

yes, it's ridiculous that everyone cares how religious a candidate is. if someone who WASN'T a religious christian ran for president today, they'd never ever win.

and that's unfortunate. we're the people who lose out.

EDIT: i can't vote, i'm only fourteen. but both candidates seem to be trying to cater to religious christians. i find it funny that they don't bother to talk about any other religion. i support obama, however, even if he's the more religious, because mccain is just bush no. 2 (or, technically, no.3)

Answer 8

I would never vote for a candidate based solely on his or her religious beliefs. I'm a Christian, and would gladly vote for an atheist, Pagan, or any other kind of non-Christian as long as I felt that he or she were the most qualified person for the job. I'm far more interested in a candidate's political expertise than in their religious beliefs.

Answer 9

I voting on experience and those who agree with the second amendment.

Answer 10

Regardless of how many people turn to atheism, America was born and bred with Christianity.  And people are not for voting anyone b/c religious beliefs, I don't know where you got from, but most people like to identify with who they are voting for so if a presidential candidacy who is an atheist then people will say, "I like that he is atheist."  Obama is a Muslim, you know that right?  McCain has never been religion-first when he has made speeches so it is just people like to see themselves in their leaders.  

No, you're wrong.  World Peace, Equality, and sometimes respect are fairy tale stories.  Peace is something found within yourself.  Racism, prejudice, difference between people, women and men will always damage equality.  This is why women are fighting for equal pay in this day and age.  That's sad, isn't it?  We're supposed to be developed but women are still paid less than men.  Respect isn't always offered.  Some never get respect.  Some get it because of their personality, social status, money, looks, but it is not always given naturally.  

Answer 11

I completely agree. As long as he doesn't burn babies or disrespect other religions, etc. I couldn't care what they believed in because it is irrelevant. As long as their belief doesn't cross over into their work, I'm ok with it. Religion should be a personal thing, but people just can't seem to handle that.  

Answer 12

Maybe YOU are, but I'M not.  If YOU don't vote, then YOU are the one doing so by dint of allowing others to have their say while you don't bother to speak up - hypothetically, of course.

The only reason I would need to vote for Obama at this point is that he's NOT a Republican.  It's not the only reason that I plan to vote for him, but it's the only one I'd actually NEED after eight years of Bush and his cronies.

Don't project.

Answer 13

I am voting based upon economic policies.

I'd rather have neither of them be religious.

Edit - Neither refers to the two main parties and their nominees.

          Nobody else even has a chance to win.

Answer 14

I wasn't aware we were electing a president based on his religious beliefs.  Does religion figure in to the mix?  SURE...but so do a lot of other things like economic policy, foriegn policy, EXPERIENCE, etc.

If religion was my only criteria I would have voted for Allen Keyes in the 2004 primary and wouldn't have voted for Romney in the last primary...but religion or religious ideals only figure in partially.  Yes, I hold it against a man that he sits through sermons with racially inflammatory language for 20 years and only takes exception when called out on it...but more important to me is the revelation of character by that act, not the religion itself.  This character is also revealed in the candidate dismissing his connections with a member of the weather underground as unimportant because they occurred when he was 8 years old...apparently the RECENT comments of terrorist that he wishes he had done more back in the 70s is unimportant to the Senator in question...revelation of character!  So no, religion in and of itself doesn't play in...but stands on social issues are important.

Answer 15

Who is doing this?  You are wrong.

The US President doesn't have to represent all the people across the world.  He (or she) just needs to have the ability to deal with them.  Experience is required, and speaking against the current president is not experience.

Politics is only fractionally about religion, and that is only because people are religious (or not).

Edit:  IF you are speaking of issues such as abortion and homosexual marriage, these are not really religious issues (the liberals are just telling you that).  They are public policy issues which impact every segment of society.

Actually, Romney's grousing killed any chances he had for VP, there are other elections.

Answer 16

You may be using the wrong criteria in deciding who will receive your vote. My vote is based on politics.

Answer 17

If I voted on religion, I'd be voting for Obama because his running mate is Catholic.

I am voting for McCain. Obama's choice of Biden doesn't fool me, especially when Biden doesn't uphold the tenents of the Catholic faith.

McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, are both pro-life. Very pro-life. That's my main issue.  

Answer 18

Most people who define themselves by religion usually like to apply it to all sorts of decisions, whether it makes sense or not.

Answer 19

Ya it's too bad.  Romney was the only candidate who knew anything about the economy but the fact he is mormon killed any chance he had.

Answer 20

Um, they're both Christian...

I'm voting for Obama for reasons that have nothing to do with his religion.

Answer 21

That may be what you personally are doing, but you shouldn't project your attitude onto the rest of us.  In point of fact, in the U.S. it is important to distinguish between the people and the voters, people who don't vote, which is up to 70% of the eligible voters in some cases, are of no importance to the politicians, and thus will be ignored.  Right wing Christian extremists have acquired an influence in U.S. politics that is highly disproportionate to their actual numbers due to being organized, loud, and willing to back their demands in the voting booth.  Consider, if 2 out of 10 people want to abolish abortion and 8 out of 10 people wish to keep it legal, but the 2 vote and the 8 do not, then only the 2 matter to the elected officials, since they are the only ones the officials have to keep happy.  The kind of campaigning we now see is a direct result.  It took two groups of people to give Bush a second term, one to vote for him, and one to stay home and not vote against him.  The two are equally responsible.