Is it wrong to be President and practice a religion?

Submitted by son of usa (United States), Dec 30, 2008 at 16:07

Is it wrong to be President and practice a religion? Isn't it a fundamental of our system that we all have a freedom to practice and choose our religious beliefs? Which religions are OK for the President? Our current President thinks that God talks to him in his dreams. President Bush had dreams about being president and interpreted that as being God sending him a message. Rev B Gramm told him the same. Many Senators and Representatives "talk" to God. It is their fundamental right as an American to do so. We can be christians, muslims, buddhists, atheist anything we choose. We also have the right to choose if we like to be President of the USA. ...

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