Letters to the Editor
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Rule by a higher power?
I'm glad to see the strength of Huckabee's convictions on global warming. I'm sure they're divinely found, much like the inspiration for George Bush's convictions on Iraq, stem cell research, and the abstinence education policy contributing to thousands of worldwide AIDS deaths. Yes, these tenets are compatible with the teachings of a religion that brought us everything from the crusades through to the creation of a modern army of pedophiles. Religion is the ultimate embodiment of irrefutable power, and it's demonstrably corrupt. One needs real conviction to see past that.
I look forward to a day that faith is not a prerequisite to run for the Presidency, nor even a characteristic that voters see as compatible with rational thought. Like "patriotism"-driven silence to executive power in wartime, those in power who presume to exercise the mandates of their god effectively silence dissention in our society. It's time to wake up to this tactic.