"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
Being people together... that is a tough question. I didn't like Kaine's answer so much. Seems that Pence is winning this answer and sounds less canned. (I just puked a little admiting that.)
I'm impressed you hear actual words when Pence talks. I just hear woomp, womp woooooomp
We've had this debate before but Tim Kaine is known to be religious and so is Mike Pence. The voters deserve to know how it influences their public service and how they balance being a public servant and a religious individual.
So Pence's answer for how to unify the country after the election is for the country to elect Trump?
Then all the libtards will have to shut up and hunker down, doncha know, because they'll deport and/or harass anyone and possibly shoot anyone who disagrees with them. UNITY!!!!!
I care! Because Tim Kaine's answer embodies what their responses should be. That the policy does not agree with my religious beliefs, but I did what the people needed me to do. Pence's answer is complete bullshit and is forcing his insane religious beliefs on other people! It is fucked up!
But why is religion brought into politics at all? I care about their opinions on abortion, on the death penalty, etc. But by saying we care about a politician's faith, I feel like that is assuming/suggesting a public servant has to HAVE a faith. What if someone is an atheist? I agree Pence shouldn't be forcing his faith on anyone and if a candidate brought up his faith on his own, fine. But I don't personally like a question to both candidates about faith suggesting candidates should/will/have to have a faith to begin with.
It's brought into politics because this country was founded on religion. I'm not religious, but I understand why it gets brought up. The important thing to me is not that religion is brought up, but that questions like this show exactly how they allow religion to impact their political leadership.
That said, I'm not sure we're to the point where someone can admit to being an atheist and still run as a nominee for a major party. I just don't think there would be enough support.
That was painful. Without reading along in this thread, I would have quit at the first question and answer session of interrupting white men. This made me like FHTK less. And I think he is qualified and awesome.
But why is religion brought into politics at all? I care about their opinions on abortion, on the death penalty, etc. But by saying we care about a politician's faith, I feel like that is assuming/suggesting a public servant has to HAVE a faith. What if someone is an atheist? I agree Pence shouldn't be forcing his faith on anyone and if a candidate brought up his faith on his own, fine. But I don't personally like a question to both candidates about faith suggesting candidates should/will/have to have a faith to begin with.
It's brought into politics because this country was founded on religion. I'm not religious, but I understand why it gets brought up. The important thing to me is not that religion is brought up, but that questions like this show exactly how they allow religion to impact their political leadership.
That said, I'm not sure we're to the point where someone can admit to being an atheist and still run as a nominee for a major party. I just don't think there would be enough support.
And I think herein lies the real problem, which I agree with. And I want to see this change. But I just feel like every time an official debate like this brings up faith as an official question, it legitimatizes faith/religion being a part of politics, and I just don't feel that it should be nowadays.