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Originally Posted by alphajerk
no religion is acceptable in the government... politicians should be forced to be athiest.
that's actually too far left to be in line with the US Constitution ... and it sounds like the far right in the "should do" category! At the extreme L and R Fascism and Communism are both full of "should" ... while a moderate Capitalism with heavy Socialist restraints against Coporate exploitation of power is more in the "could" mindset of Compromise and Choice.
A Representative Government is by definition full of Reps who look like the people of the country and at best reflect their needs and desires. the goal in the US was for the Senate to be more wise and the House to be more emotional and selfish.
In the view of the brilliant founders, Religion as a faith-based thing, is actually ABOVE or OUTSIDE of the scope of the civil service's fact, fairness and justice based work we call "the government". In other words, the family was the be all end all of morality and the Government was supposed to protect the family and individuals right to choose. Even if they choose the wrong thing. (This is a Christian view to some extent, where God allows free beings to **** up, as a way of self-education.)
The goal situation in the US is for the Reps to see Government for what it is, and for them to choose to not to legislate their own religious view for all people, but to protect the little guys at all times against the excessive power that Royalty had under the previous system.
This has been lost in the extreme competiton of an advanced capitalism's energy spread into US politics, where winning is more important than serving the good of the country as a whole, and where Big Money interests are a more powerful infuence than the will of the people the Reps actually represent.