Monta wrote:
Pence, an evangelical Christian, has noted that his strong support for Israel is rooted in his faith.
From my perspective it really doesn't matter what Pence actually believes. What I object to is a public official taking such an important office in a Free Democracy where he intends to place his religion before the concerns of the Free Democracy.
A Free Democracy does not mean that anyone who is elected into office is free to push their personal religious views into law. Our Free Democracy in the USA particular is supposed to be a government that is "By the People, For the People". Not a government that favors the theological views of the individuals holding office.
So from my perspective Pence has absolutely NO CLUE how the democratic system in the USA is supposed to work, or what it's even about.
If he wants to place Christianity FIRST in everything he does, then he should consider becoming a preacher and not a politician running for office in a Free Democracy. His entire mentality toward our democracy is all wrong. Period.
His precise religious beliefs are basically irrelevant. He has no business placing his religious beliefs BEFORE the concerns of the people in a Free Democracy anyway.
He's basically promising to behave like as if he's working in a Christian Theocracy instead of a Free Democracy that is "By the People, For The People".
If he wants to run the Government "By his Religion, for his God" then he's applying for the wrong job.
That's my position.
Why should we vote for someone who is promising to take a Theocratic position when what we really want is someone who understands how a Free Democracy works and how it differs from a Theocracy?
Clearly Pence has no understanding of what a Free Democracy is all about in the first place. He seems to think that this must mean its free to be turned into a Theocracy. But that's totally the wrong view. We don't need that!
The USA is supposed to be "By the People, For the People". Not, "By Theocracy, for some imaginary God". <---- that's extremely dangerous and not what a Free Democracy is even remotely about.
So no one who is interested in preserving a Free Democracy should vote for any ticket where Mike Pence would be the VP. Regardless of what his religious views might actually be. We wouldn't want a VP who is doing things to appease a Flying Spaghetti Monster either. He's supposed to be working FOR THE PEOPLE, not for some personally-interpreted religious theocracy.
Also, something lethal could happen to Trump shortly after this ticket gets in. That would instantly propel Pence to the position of President of the USA. So we really need to recognize and acknowledge that the position of VP could potentially become the President at any moment. I don't want either Trump or Pence as president of our Free Democracy because I don't think that either of them have a clue what a Free Democracy actually stands for or how it is supposed to work.
So Pence's precise religious views are irrelevant. The simple fact that he wants to bring them into a Free Democracy as his FIRST PRIORITY already disqualifies him from holding that position as far as I'm concerned.