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Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc
I was put off a bit by how central religion was in his victory speech - I have no problem with a candidate being a man of faith, but it does get my heckles up when it's central to his (or her) speeches when they are to represent and serve a very diverse nation.
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Perhaps you would be more comfortable with a Mitt Romney, John McCain or Bob Dole. Or, any of the current Republican candidates that represent and serve their donors and kingmakers, over their constituents (Rubio, Bush, Christie)?
I prefer a candidate to worship a Christian God, rather than a statist government.
Diversity is protected by the Constitution. If you desire a candidate that will best represent and serve a very diverse nation, I suggest the best candidate is the one who has demonstrated through word and deed his devotion to uphold and defend that Constitution.
John Adams noted over two-hundred years ago that the Constitution was "wholly inadequate" to protect us from human nature "unbridled by morality and religion."
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We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. - John Adams
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