SF writer Elizabeth Moon has a recent post up on her blog about politics & religion in America, mainly about the importance of the division between church and state. From what I've read of her blog, she doesn't usually write about such abstract concepts in that space. It begins:
Men of faith have made excellent elected persons in this country before...let me start there, because it's true. Religious faith, in itself, is not a sign of mental instability, stupidity, ignorance, dishonesty, malice, bigotry, or any other impediment to participation in our government. Religious faith is also not a guarantee of sanity, intelligence, knowledge, wisdom, fairmindedness, honesty, goodwill towards all, or any other virtue necessary for governance.
and concludes:
As for me, I'm a Christian...the other kind. The kind who thinks "feed the hungry, clothe the naked, house the homeless, visit the sick and imprisoned..." will keep me busy enough to let other people go their own way (unless they don't want to let me go mine, and others go theirs, and in that case...I'm firmly behind the Constitution.)
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