The Republican cantidates for President must have failed history class, or something. I found the following quotes online at godlessgeeks.com, an atheist website. As an atheist, I'm scared, and I hope you are, too, after you read them.
Senator John McCain: "the Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation."
Governor Mike Huckabee: "I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God, and that’s what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards."
[Mitt Romney also said something rather similar to this in one of his speeches a few months back.]
Um, was John McCain paying attention during his education? I know he never went to law school and therefore never passed the bar, but what's his excuse for not knowing the Constitution after more than 25 years in Congress? He says that the Constitution established the USA as a "Christian nation," and yet the US Constitution does not mention the word "God" even once. It doesn't mention Christianity or Jesus. Actually, the only reference in the Constitution to religion of ANY sort is in a small article which states that no religious test shall be administered to one seeking public office. Don't believe me? Go read the Constitution.
As for Huckabee and Romney, that is an absolutely terrifying thought. Change the US Constitution after 220 years so that it can become more backwards than ever before? Changing the Constitution to agree with the Christian "God" isn't going to do anything except make the more fervent Christians happy and aggravate the rest of us who still believe in a separation of church and state in this country. Turning the US of A into a Christian theocracy is preposterous, and so is changing any laws at all just so that they agree with the Christian god's principles. No religion rules this nation, thankfully, because we don't have a national religion. It's true that a lot of Americans happen to be Christians, but that doesn't mean that everyone is. Everyone in the USA can worship whom they please, but our nation's laws shouldn't favor any religion or god. Do you know why? Because our CONSTITUTION states that the government cannot endorse any one religion or its views!
It really disgusts me when candidates base their decisions on their religious views. Not everyone is a Christian so why do we have to follow a Christian policy. Religion and politics should be kept separate. Politics should be based on bettering our nation and all of it's people. We can't help all the people with Christian values when not all of us are Christian. Same with schools. Why should we let religion in schools? It would just cause more conflict. The president should be running for the best interest of his country not the best interest of his religion.
Actually, as a Christian, this scares me, too. Primarily because I believe in separation of church and state, and I believe that people should be free to do what they want, religiously and otherwise.
Plus, if someone tries to make the Constitution more Christian, you know how people work: The new view is going to be "If you're Christian, you're responsible for this." So I get blamed for something I disagree with!
If politicians could leave religion alone and focus on governing a country, they might succeed.
If this keeps up, I swear, I'm running for president as soon as I'm of the legal age to do so.