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Should Holding Conservative Religious Views Be A Bar From Holding High Office`~?
Bravo to Kate Forbes for actually being honest (unlike Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron who dodged the question).
By being open and honest she can be judged fairly - but at what cost?
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"If we accept that people of faith have every right to be in public life, and that there is nothing wrong with their faith shaping their political views, the corollary must be that those views should be open to public scrutiny."
By being open and honest she can be judged fairly - but at what cost?
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"If we accept that people of faith have every right to be in public life, and that there is nothing wrong with their faith shaping their political views, the corollary must be that those views should be open to public scrutiny."
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No, it shouldn't. But politicians will be expected to work on behalf of the population as a whole, and not to favour those who share their beliefs. Secularism, i.e. separation of religion and state, is a valuable safeguard against government according to religious dogma and persecution by the state of religions other than the approved one. The USA constitution was aimed at protecting immigrants who fled to America (to escape religious persecution back in Europe) from such persectuion in the USA. Sadly, the privatisation of religion and consequent competition between cults and denominations in the USA seems to have led to a race to the bottom as far as reason and decency are concerned.
The following is in quotation marks, but not sure who is saying it…
// ‘Secularism now means a ban on religious people in public life.” “We seem to have ushered in a kind of reverse religious test.” “Does her faith and her refusal to renounce any elements of it effectively debar her from public office?” //
I cannot agree with none of that.
The SNP is a socialist organisation wrapped in nationalism.
This woman's views are clearly very conservative, and right wing. She is clearly in the wrong party.
Why? Because pretending to to left wing is her only prospect of promoting her dodgy views.
Clearly the wrong candidate, and I hope she is humiliated in the vote.
// ‘Secularism now means a ban on religious people in public life.” “We seem to have ushered in a kind of reverse religious test.” “Does her faith and her refusal to renounce any elements of it effectively debar her from public office?” //
I cannot agree with none of that.
The SNP is a socialist organisation wrapped in nationalism.
This woman's views are clearly very conservative, and right wing. She is clearly in the wrong party.
Why? Because pretending to to left wing is her only prospect of promoting her dodgy views.
Clearly the wrong candidate, and I hope she is humiliated in the vote.
Gromit, //If she was conservative views she should join the Conservatives. //
and a nationalist shd join the Nationalists
o god, AB on a Tuesday
and if she is labour - then the Labour party
and if she has a horse - the Trotskysists ( Trots otherwise)
and if she feels icky-boo - the Greens
great thinkers abroad, explains why there are no comments on the casey report
and a nationalist shd join the Nationalists
o god, AB on a Tuesday
and if she is labour - then the Labour party
and if she has a horse - the Trotskysists ( Trots otherwise)
and if she feels icky-boo - the Greens
great thinkers abroad, explains why there are no comments on the casey report
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