Rig, I can't (as a Canadian) imagine what in the world someone's preacher or minister has to do with whether or not they should be elected. Guilt by association???? Don't you elect people on the basis of their own ideas, their own policies, their own presentation, abilities, intelligence, and character?

That's what we do in Canada. I've never even heard who the preacher or pastor of any Canadian politician is, and I doubt that anyone here would ever even ask. Nobody cares!

You know what? I think your political system and your mass media and your society have gone mad, Riginslinger, and you can't blame that all on religion. No, it's a larger picture. Religion is just one little aspect of the incredible mess you're in.