And how would you feel if say, Allen was a muslim, how would you react then?
Asarious - 07:09am on 09/19/2006
Wouldn’t bother me, though I’d be expecting any Muslim politician running for office to strongly condemn the Islamic extremists we’re fighting against.
Rob - 07:09am on 09/19/2006
I’m offended by the question, but unsurprised by it. The fact of the matter is that being a Jew is now a campaign issue.
isirota1965 - 09:09am on 09/19/2006
And if the question was: are you a christian?
What then?
realitybasedbob - 09:09am on 09/19/2006
well, in principle, according to the constitution of the USA, it shouldn’t make a difference what religion a person running for office is, however, a person’s religion can greatly affect a person’s judgement or opinion, which i think is fair considering how the foreign policies and even internal policies of many countries have become too concentrated on religion rather than political views, and by many countries i refer to the arabs not being too friendly with jews, and the west not being too friendly with muslims, so i think that although the qustion might be alittle too blunt and shouldn’t really be asked, i do think that a person being a jew or a muslim, or whatever religion is a consideration when voting for someone, but again, should not be put in a question, simply cuz of the freedom of religion in the consitution. sorry i rant
Asarious - 09:09am on 09/19/2006
what i want to know is, how did he reply, regardless of yes or no, or how was his reaction rather than reply?
Asarious - 09:09am on 09/19/2006
Senator Allen refused to answer the question, and rightfully so.
isirota1965 - 09:09am on 09/19/2006
i guess thats fair, but i don’t think it’s unreasonable to consider a politician’s religion or religious backrground with religion being so tightly linked to politics these days
Asarious - 10:09am on 09/19/2006
I think that the problem here is that asking this question is permissible insofar as certain ethnic groups are concerned, but not for others.
isirota1965 - 10:09am on 09/19/2006
My question is: how does the whole nation know the Kerry is “Catholic” and Bush is “Protestant”?
Whose business is that?
It seems that we Americans do make some kind of a big deal out of religion- as we have seen that (not to be bad on Catholics or anything..) the Catholic candidates have been heavy on the drinking. Plus, we probably have more protestants than catholics in this nation, especially in the south.
People pick the president like they’re picking a date sometimes…
And how would you feel if say, Allen was a muslim, how would you react then?
Wouldn’t bother me, though I’d be expecting any Muslim politician running for office to strongly condemn the Islamic extremists we’re fighting against.
I’m offended by the question, but unsurprised by it. The fact of the matter is that being a Jew is now a campaign issue.
And if the question was: are you a christian?
What then?
well, in principle, according to the constitution of the USA, it shouldn’t make a difference what religion a person running for office is, however, a person’s religion can greatly affect a person’s judgement or opinion, which i think is fair considering how the foreign policies and even internal policies of many countries have become too concentrated on religion rather than political views, and by many countries i refer to the arabs not being too friendly with jews, and the west not being too friendly with muslims, so i think that although the qustion might be alittle too blunt and shouldn’t really be asked, i do think that a person being a jew or a muslim, or whatever religion is a consideration when voting for someone, but again, should not be put in a question, simply cuz of the freedom of religion in the consitution. sorry i rant
what i want to know is, how did he reply, regardless of yes or no, or how was his reaction rather than reply?
Senator Allen refused to answer the question, and rightfully so.
i guess thats fair, but i don’t think it’s unreasonable to consider a politician’s religion or religious backrground with religion being so tightly linked to politics these days
I think that the problem here is that asking this question is permissible insofar as certain ethnic groups are concerned, but not for others.
My question is: how does the whole nation know the Kerry is “Catholic” and Bush is “Protestant”?
Whose business is that?
It seems that we Americans do make some kind of a big deal out of religion- as we have seen that (not to be bad on Catholics or anything..) the Catholic candidates have been heavy on the drinking. Plus, we probably have more protestants than catholics in this nation, especially in the south.
People pick the president like they’re picking a date sometimes…