Why does his religious views even matter? What benefit does one have when a God fearing Christian is in the white house?
Do you believe the government should pass laws that make all sin illegal? Or do you believe certain sins should be illegal? The reason I ask this is because a religion in which people are forced to abide by it's doctrines only leads to corruption. Whether or not you follow religious doctrine or not is a personal choice - so whether or not politicians believe in God should have no bearing on why you vote for them.
And if you want to argue that Christians have better values than non-Christians, then you're making a pretty rash judgement. It's like saying, "Look at these two people. This man goes to church every Sunday and praises God. This other man is an atheist. Who would you vote for?" You vote for the Christian only to find out he supports liberal policies, wants to take away our personal freedoms, etc. You would feel even more foolish to discover the atheist supported the free market, believed we own our own bodies and not the government, etc.
My biggest problem with people who want religion in government is that they fail to realize that government CAN'T BE TRUSTED WITH RELIGION. Everyone wants this idea religious government, but the government is always going to be run by people who you disagree with... and you're giving them the ability to use YOUR GOD'S NAME FOR THEIR AGENDA?! Politicians shouldn't appeal to Christians by saying, "God would want us to help the poor by raising taxes". That's arguably mishandling God's name for their own agenda. And by letting politicians get away with it, you allow them to bastardize Christianity or whatever other religion is favored.
Look at all the religious wars we have had throughout history. Notice anything? Almost all of them happened because the government claimed to be an authority on the religion and enforced religious views on the people. Religious violence rarely occurs outside of government! And this is about war... not to mention all the polities in which people use God's name to persuade Christians they're right.
Question: Would you rather have a Christian president who raised taxes, started needless wars, bailed out irresponsible corporations, raised inheritance tax, and enforced policies that invade our private lives such as allowing police to monitor our actions at home? Or would you rather have an atheist who wants a secular government in which people are allowed to praise whomever they want in the privacy of their own home, who wanted to lower taxes and rely on a free market, let children inherit the money their parents worked for, and protect our privacy by forcing police to go through due process to obtain warrants so that one must have actual probable cause to break into a person's home in the name of "safety"?
I'm assuming the majority of Americans here are Republican. The point I'm trying to make is that it's the policies politicians want to enforce that's important, not their religious views.
And before anyone brings up abortion - abortion can not be made illegal because God thinks it's a sin - that's unconstitutional. The only argument to keep abortion illegal is because it's the death of a living person - which is a legitimate argument.
I rant about this because every president we've ever had has professed belief in God, and yet their policies vary greatly and all of them simply increased the size of government and either increased people's dependence on the government or intervened in the free market and spent our money on questionable companies that shouldn't get favoritism. Obviously, it would be wrong to conclude all Christian politicians support bigger government - but people will vote for Christians who are for big government simply because they're Christian and republican! This is why I loved Ron Paul so much, he wanted a free market with little government intrusion and he wanted to find ways in which we became less dependent on the government and taxation. Ron Paul is a Christian and I believe he was even a creationist (don't quote me on the latter part). But guess what, even though I'm an atheist and I think creationism is completely bogus, I support Ron Paul's views.
Essentially, what I'm trying to say is... don't vote for people based off their religious views. That's just stupid.
Or... sit, rather?
