Originally Posted by jawanda

Having religious people in office is just fine by me, in fact I like knowing that I have a leader who believes in some form of higher power. However, when those leaders try to pass laws that are based SOLELY (regardless of how you sugar-coat it) upon those beliefs, to the point of forcing others to change their ways in order to conform to the rules of their church, that just pisses me off. Abortion, Gay Marriage, etc. These are issues that are inherently spiritual and should be treated as such.

To ban gay marriage or abortion would be to force your relgious beliefs upon another using the law as your weapon. It is a slap in freedom's face, and something which every American should be afraid of.

I admit that it's a slippery slope, and both sides have their valid points (Except for with Gay Marriage - Right-wingers who want to put a Constitutional ban on it are just plane ignorant), but this is my opinion on the subject.