2006-11-11 06:51:43 · 19 answers · asked by T S 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
They should, if they cant , it would be unconstitutional. I belive that rejecting one person from becoming president all because of their spirituality is wrong and facist.
RELIGION SHOULD NOT MIX WITH POLITICS!!!!!!!!!!
2006-11-11 09:42:43 · answer #1 · answered by Sliceathroat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Moslem merely have been given elected to the residing house of Representatives. The Senate has quite a few Jews (Feinstein, Spector, Leiberman, Schumer, Feingold off the acceptable of my head). The shape states explicitly that no non secular attempt shall ever be used for a qualification for workplace. The Founders have been a mix of religions, such as a Jew who financed lots of the Revolution, a pair atheists, Washington became right into a Mason, Catholics, Deists, dissimilar styles of Protestant. We did not have any Moslems here on the time, or i assume suicide bombers could have ended the conflict swifter. As for vote casting extremely of retaining workplace, any citizen over the age of 18 not convicted and serving time for a criminal can vote. Our Founders have been particularly radical, weren't they?
2016-10-17 03:34:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any legal citizen of the US who is over 18 can register and vote. Any legal citizen of the US can also run for public office, but minimum ages and residencies vary from office to office. Even religious extremists can run for office in the US, but in my district, they might not get very far.
Belief in God is not a requirement for holding public office in the US. In fact, for representatives such as senators and congressmen, strong religious beliefs might even hinder a person from performing his or her job since the main function of a representative is to represent his or her constituents and they will be people of all different faiths- or none.
Politics in the US is not about religion- it's about MONEY.
2006-11-11 12:59:55 · answer #3 · answered by anyone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see why not! You have homosexuals, pedophiles, hypocritical men of the cloth and thieves that have ran for offices of the United States. What harm would an Atheist do?
2006-11-11 07:02:09 · answer #4 · answered by Gray Matter 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They sure can, and good thing too. I mean, some of the other times we have tried to mix church and state it ended in a lot of blood -hmm, Romans for example- and one time in our country it resulted in something none of us would like to remember- in little ol' Salem, Massachusetts.
That said, the whole separation of church and state thing is going a little downhill. There is so much abuse of the religion thing, a peaceful Buddhist or, god forbid *gasp* a Muslim (yeah, they're not all terrorists, guys, come on), could probably not win election on a national level. But Bernie Sanders seems to be doing okay and I would guess he is not Christian (GO VERMONT!!!)
2006-11-11 07:46:45 · answer #5 · answered by Lizrd 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Of course they can. A persons religious affliation or lack of has nothing to do with their ability to hold office. That being said, would you vote for an atheist? I sure wouldn't. I feel our leaders need all the help they can get.
2006-11-11 07:03:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Legally vote? Yes
Run for office? Yes
Win the election? That's open for debate. Probably not.
2006-11-11 06:55:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Why not? Contrary to popular belief, this country was founded on freedom of and from religion. So there is nothing written that says a politician must be Christian.
2006-11-11 07:01:21 · answer #8 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course!
It might not be a good idea for them to state that they are atheists. It's not really anyone's business.
2006-11-11 07:22:40 · answer #9 · answered by Richard E 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course they can. Since when do we have to mix religion with the state. Oh right, I remember it now, we seem to be doing that a lot.
2006-11-11 06:54:06 · answer #10 · answered by antiekmama 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋