Do you think that religion has any place in politics?

[prlatino86]

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I do understand what your saying, but i think its being misinterpreted by people, and maybe not wholly explained well on your part.

I understand everyone is influenced by things, thats fine. Politicians should say "we should do this because i feel it is the correct thing to do" and then people either agree or disagree with him, simple as that.

But when you get politicians saying "we should do this because it follows the teachings of my lord and savior jesus christ" or "because krishna says in the book of..." or "the holy prophet of..." etc, etc, then you start getting into bad areas, because instead of debating the subject, it ends up becoming a debate of faith.

By the way seperation of church and state does mean religion, as thats how they spoke back then. Remember, when the country was founded, everyone was christian of some sort (besides the indians), but with many different sects.

Its also not a reference to the Catholic church, as England at the time was Anglican, and many people were fleeing the Anglican Church.