The Bush campaign has hired David Barton who calls the U.S. a 'Christian nation' -- Beliefnet.com

The Bush campaign has hired David Barton who calls the U.S. a 'Christian nation' -- Beliefnet.com

Those of you who know me know how reprehensible I'll find this article, even before reading it. The problem is that this nation has freedom of religion. Therefore, it cannot be a Christian nation. It can't be any religion, officially. If the majority of the nation were pagans, it wouldn't be a pagan nation. Same if the majority were Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, Shinto, Confucian, Taoist, or even Satanist. It's just not. While there could be some argument whether groups could use their services to promote one candidate or not, it's just not a good idea, in general. Firstly, most religions don't NEED to do that, because if you're not Christian, you know not to vote for Bush, because he wants you to be. Second, people are GOING to disagree with you. Some will, some won't, it's just unavoidable. And when you express something to your congregation that they disagree with, you've just lost their respect for your judgement... and most likely left a sour taste in their mouth about you as a person, as well. It's simply a better idea to let people make their own decisions, and not to try to force an issue on people when they'd just as soon leave it be.