Francois Labreque <fla### [at] videotronca> wrote:
> It depends where, in Raleigh, North Carolina, being the "wrong" kind of 
> Christian is sometimes enough.

Politics in the United States used to be like that not so long ago.
Back then politicians generally avoided the subject of religion like the
plague because it would have been a political suicide to proclaim your
religious affiliation. It would have driven a good portion of the voters
away. ("Oh, he's a catholic! It's the church of Satan! I'm definitely not
voting for him!" or "Oh, he's a baptist. Those are nutjob religious
fundamentalists. Definitely not for me!")

Somehow this has turned completely on its head during the last years.
Nowadays it would be a political suicide *not* to profess one's religion.
Of course as long as you keep it vague enough. Just talk about "God" and
"Christian values" in a very vague and non-specific manner, without going
too much into specifics about exactly which one of the 30000+ different
denominations you are talking about.

Nowadays people there still get an uneasy feeling if a candidate represents
a denomination they don't like (such as mormonism), but are too afraid to
complain about it too loudly... What was once a definitive show-stopper
has been turned into a "well, maybe it's not *that* bad; he's a Christian
after all..."

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                                                          - Warp

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