Friday, August 07, 2020

Trump Claims Biden Is "Against God"

I say Turley gets it right:
   I can only state again the dangerous demagoguery that comes from faith-based politics. In a nation that believes in the separation of church and state, such claims erode our secular tradition of government. We have seen countries with long and fierce secular traditions like Turkey taken over by religious orthodoxy after faith-based politics led to religious indoctrination (Erdogan actually claimed when he first ran that he would respect the secular traditions of Turkey).
   I do not for a moment believe that we can become the next Turkey. Moreover, there is always a legitimate element of faith in political viewpoints. For example, many people support some laws or policies out of their religious convictions like the opposing to abortion. However, this is raw and direct use of religion is meant to paint an opponent as against God himself.
   I do not see either Trump or Biden as particularly religious figures and cannot imagine the faithful taking religious pointers from either man. However, this is wrong. It is unfair to Biden. It is harmful to our political discourse. It is antithetical to our constitutional values.

Any Pub but Trump would have this election sewed up. Only Trump could possibly make a race of it. What an incredibly stupid thing for him to say. 

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home