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[USF Ppli Sci Professor Susan] MacManus says it's interesting that as our nation has become more educated, we've actually seen a decrease in tolerance [towards public figures being religious]. She says the religious divides included issues surrounding Mitt Romney's Mormonism, Barack Obama's supposed Muslim roots, Mike Huckabee's Baptist preacher background and now Sarah Palin's evangelical leanings.
Separation of church and state, motherfucker, do you grok it?
I could go on at great, inflammatory length on this theme, but will be succinct: The more educated you get, the less water conventional religion tends to hold, and the less trust one will place in a public official who is openly embracing it. This will probably not make me popular, and will draw disappointed looks from friends to whom religion is important, but I cannot in good faith trust the running of a city, state, our country to someone who openly embraces counter-factual belief systems or takes advice from their imaginary friend(s).
geekers)[USF Ppli Sci Professor Susan] MacManus says it's interesting that as our nation has become more educated, we've actually seen a decrease in tolerance [towards public figures being religious]. She says the religious divides included issues surrounding Mitt Romney's Mormonism, Barack Obama's supposed Muslim roots, Mike Huckabee's Baptist preacher background and now Sarah Palin's evangelical leanings.
Separation of church and state, motherfucker, do you grok it?
I could go on at great, inflammatory length on this theme, but will be succinct: The more educated you get, the less water conventional religion tends to hold, and the less trust one will place in a public official who is openly embracing it. This will probably not make me popular, and will draw disappointed looks from friends to whom religion is important, but I cannot in good faith trust the running of a city, state, our country to someone who openly embraces counter-factual belief systems or takes advice from their imaginary friend(s).
