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I would love to say: yes, I would and religion doesn't enter into who I vote for, but in all honesty, I really don't know if I could or would. Someone said, it is like when Kennedy ran? Hardly, a Catholic, although we had never elected one before, is hardly the same as voting for a Muslim.
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Who votes for someone based on their religious belief? America is a secular nation. I vote based on someone's vision for the country, their record of accomplishment, their ability to lead, ... etc.
Not on their personal religion ...
If you voted for Barack Obama, you're a hypocrite.
It would just depend. I would have to learn about the candidate and then make a decision.
I have to listen to my brother prattle on about Muslims. I just put down the phone or tell him that I have to get busy and get some things done. I have a strong dislike for the word "hate".
Now, someone that didn't have any belief in God or someone practicing Satanism would not get my vote. And so far, I still have the right to make that kind of choice. The closer another candidates views were to those two groups, the less likely they would be to get my vote also.
I see Muslims in the grocery store because we live near a college. I see they have a "Muslim" center just a couple of blocks from our house. I see no reason to condemn them for their religious beliefs. Yes, I know what the media says.
Not necessarily - at least, not with such finality. In most Islamic interpretations of the Qu'raan and hadiths, Jews and Christians (people of the book) do not go to hell. It is also up for discussion if hell is a permanent construct within the Islamic faith. Different Quranic scholars have different interpretations.
It's interesting to me that some judge other faith's texts more harshly than they're willing to judge their own. I suppose it's not such a problem if you're in the "right" with those texts.
I don't vote yes or no based on religion and so I voted yes. But it depends on who he is and what his policies, views, experience, and platforms are. You know the things we SHOULD evaluate a candidate on.
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No for me. It may be constitutional that religion can't be a litmus test for a person to be able to run for President, but - as a voter - I have the absolute right to discriminate in this matter (and so does every other voter). Any religion is a set of ideas that we are all allowed to agree or disagree with. I don't want anyone who I fear may have split loyalties (as I do with a Muslim person). I also don't want a tongue-speaking Pentecostal lunatic or a sanctimonious Jehovah's Witness in the White House either. These views are perfectly legal and are mine alone. I have every right to make choice's based on my opinion and my views of other religions, politics, and even favorite football teams. THAT is freedom of thought and consciousness. No one else has to like it or agree with it - but we must have the right to it.
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