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I enjoyed your article "No Faith in Republicans".
I have always liked Newt Ginrich for his intelligence, sense of humor, quick wit, eloquence, and his support of small government and free enterprise, but his religiosity scares me. Anyone that becomes that obsessed with religious beliefs should not be in politics. Period. Given that politics is about the use of force, and religion is about beliefs... those two don't mix well!
The other downside for Ginrich is his almost unwavering support of the Republican party.
It is sad to see the debate over how religious Jefferson was or was not. Maybe he was much more religious than I'd like to think, and he did own slaves. But neither of those are arguments for bringing religion into government, or bringing back slavery. The religious right is a cancer on our body politic.
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