Atheists Still the Most Unpopular Minority Group
I have recovered a website that explains how people feel about an atheist president. The Gallup survey results showed that 53% of people would not vote for a president who didn't believe in any faith. I would have to agree with this website and the survey. The president has a major role in society and religious faith should be one of the traits that he should have. This would make him qualified to handle all types of political situations. You will also find on this webite people's responses to the questing that was asked. The question was, "Between now and the 2008 political conventions, there will be discussion about the qualifications of presidential candidates — their education, age, religion, race, and so on. If your party nominated a generally well-qualified person for president who happened to be [insert group name], would you vote for that person?(Gallup survey)" Below is a copy a the website location.....
http://volokh.com/posts/1172018751.shtml
http://volokh.com/posts/1172018751.shtml
posted by Maverick2 at 2:21 PM
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Interesting. The discussion on that page is useful to read through as well. And did you mean to say this:
The president has a major role in society and religious faith should be one of the traits that he should have
That is a very interesting statistic. However, I could not agree less. As the leader of a country I'd agree that the president has a major role in society, but having religious faith does not make him a more qualified candidate for the job.Even if one were to argue that religion is the basis for people's morals (which it can be,FOR SOME)it is not the only place people model their values after. I think if anything, religion combined with politics and/or government has proved over and over again to be a bad idea (U.S., Ireland, Iraq,etc.)
I recently saw a nightly news special on the candidancy of Mitt Romney (a Mormon). I can't remember if it was Nighline or something else, it was early last week. One of the areas of discussion was his religion, and within the discussion it was stated that Americans are more likely to vote for a candidate with strong religions affiliation. I think it was reported that Mitt Romney, if elected president, would be the first Mormon to hold the presidential office. Religion matters to Americans, I was not aware that it was such an influential factor in politics.
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