Are politicians not citizens with religious freedom protections? If their beliefs are informed by religion and their constituents vote for them knowing as much, I don’t see a problem.
The whole discussion is pretty meaningless as even the most religious politicians almost uniformly make secular arguments for their positions.
Challenge: Give a position you believe Pence or Johnson are taking on solely religious grounds and I’ll find you an example of them making a secular argument for the same position.
Your invocation of the scientific method is…… puzzling to say the least. These aren’t scientists attempting to find truth through experimentation. They’re extensions of their constituents put in place to do their bidding.
What secular arguments are made to the push of 'studying the bible' as part of the federal curriculum? Are you saying he wants the bible taught in school as a fascination? Yeah no, he and others want bible study in schools.
What secular arguments are made to the push of mandatory prayer in school? We've tried the 'time for prayer and reflection' before so I'm pretty sure he wants teachers leading classes off or the day off with mandatory Christian prayer.
How do you make a secular argument on the desire to strip away basic rights from those who aren't 'in the club' so to speak (which I'm guessing is what you wanted me to bring up.....gay stuff)? Obviously everyone knows the Bible isn't cool with therefore these people shouldn't have rights like other Christians should. Amirite?
I don't remember Romney pressing any kind of federal polygamy law because part of getting into the highest plane of Mormon heaven is to have a bunch of kids....so you need multiple wives to maximize your loads and so it would greatly help everyone, even those who don't believe.
Nor do I remember him trying to take away rights from any non white skinned person because they are true descendants of Cain and became Lamanites, who lost a great battle against the pure whites and therefore were cursed with dark skin forever (granted I think the LDS or most of them adjusted this core belief in the 70's).
No he simply kept his Mormon faith separate from how he politicked in public.
Johnson and Pence completely cloak themselves in their religion.
Johnson stated on Hannity "Someone asked me today in the media, 'People are curious, what does Mike Johnson think about any issue under the sun?' I said, 'Well, go pick up a Bible off your shelf and read it. That's my worldview."
That's a literal example of a religious zealot.
He also stated that we have the separation of church and state backwards...we protect the church from the government, we don't protect the government from the church.
So yeah, he and others are crystal clear on their crusade to blend that line.
Which should be loudly pointed out imo.
