The 9/21 Transcripts are out:
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Just because the Constitution doesn't have a religious test for
office, doesn't mean I can't...
This past Monday was Constitution Day in the U.S. And while I was
going over the Constitution... I was struck again by Article 6,
Section 3.
It says, "No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification
to any office."
And I agree. No one should ever be disqualified for their religion.
Even the funny ones...Like *all* of them.
But, the problem is, that there *is* a religious test in this country.
According to a recent poll, seven in ten, say it's important to have
a president with strong religious beliefs. (The other three couldn't
take the poll because it was Friday night, and Yahweh wouldn't let
them answer the phone.)
But, fair is fair. So, for myself and the other 15-20% of Americans
who the majority call "non-believers," but who I call "rationalists,"
here is our religious test for office:
If you believe in Judgment Day, then I have to seriously question
your judgment.
If you believe you're in a long-term relationship with an all-powerful
space-daddy--who will, after you die, party with your ghost forever...
then you can't have my vote, even for Miss Hawaiian Tropic.
I can't trust you at the levers of government because there's an
electrical fire going on in your head.
Maybe a president who didn't believe our soldiers were going to Heaven
might be a little less willing to get them killed...
Candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon, believes in spiritually-blessed
underwear that can protect him. (He seemed like a nice man, and so do
his sons, Wally and the Beav.)
But, I'm sorry, their religion is bat-*****. It's like Scientology
without the celebrities. And he has every right to run for president
while believing in magic underwear, and believing that Jesus survived
his own death and will return during an Osmonds' concert in Branson.
And I have every right to take that into consideration in the voting
booth.
And at the end of the day, is magic underwear really that much crazier
than giant arks or virgin births or talking bushes?
You're either a rationalist or you're not.
And the good news is, a recent poll found 20% of adults under 30 say
they are rationalists and have figured out that Santa Claus and Jesus
are really the same guy.
Now, 20% is hardly a majority, but it's a bigger minority than blacks,
Jews, homosexuals, NRA members, teachers or seniors. And it's
certainly enough to stop being shy about expressing the opinion that
WE'RE NOT THE CRAZY ONES!
Just because the vote is 4-to-1, it doesn't mean the minority is
wrong. People who were against this war from the start were a
minority. The majority used to believe the world was flat. But if you
believe that today, you'd either be packed off to Bellevue or asked to
co-host "The View."
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Another godless "rationalist"
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