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... there seemed to be such parity in piety between the two major parties that faith may have been cancelled out as a factor. A late October poll showed that only one in 10 Americans regarded the country's moral and spiritual condition as their foremost electoral criterion. Obama captured 53% of the Catholic vote (up 13% over John Kerry's 2004 tally) despite claims by several bishops that voting Democratic was tantamount to sin. Faith was simply not a ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Any politician serious about becoming successful in America must pause at the shrines of religion periodically along the campaign trail. America is child-like in its religion and demands its leaders have the appearance of being religious. An idiosyncrasy which continues to astound and bemuse most of the world which has a more pragmatic relationship with its religion.