Religion And Politics

Can we have politics or government with complete separation from religion? My answer is religion, yes. From spiritual or moral values, no. That is why we need a discussion in this country on what our common spiritual and moral values are. Hopefully we all try to make decisions on what we think is right. I think most people ....although fewer all the time, don't truly believe in survival of the fittest. They see our purpose here as helping one another through. They believe that the earth is Gods creation. Why, many probably believe that empathy and tolerance are good things. It's these common interests that we should put forth as a statement of what America is and the impression we want to leave the rest of the world with. In other words, our governments policy. From "The Bull Moose":

The Moose concedes a point to the right and makes one about the left.In the cultural war, the right has made a valid argument about the role of religion in politics - the left is hypocritical when it asserts that religion should have no role in politics. In truth, there is a long and proud progressive faith tradition. From the abolitionist to the civil rights to the anti war movements, religion has played a vital and vibrant role in lefty politics..............Ultimately, the fundamental question is not one of faith, but the type of faith vision. Unfortunately, too many on the left are blinded by their secularism to recognize this reality. The debate should not center on the separation of church and state, but rather a justice-based faith vision versus a power-based faith vision.

In other words, regardless of religion, the regular people that just live it and the fanatics who want to insist that no freewill is allowed.