“I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute, where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote; where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference; and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president who might appoint him or the people who might elect him."
This sounds very reasonable to me, but Santorum says he "doesn't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute."
Well, he must live in a different country than I do. Or perhaps he needs to move to one. We don't live in a theocracy, although by Santorum's whackadoodle comments I think he thinks we do.
You might want to put the Bible down for a minute, Santorum, and pick up a copy of the Constitution. Religion is mentioned exactly twice in that document, the one you want to be sworn in as president to defend. Here are those statements:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
and:
"No religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."
In addition, here is what Thomas Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptist Association:"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State."I think this is pretty clear, Mr. Santorum. I know that you want to govern via the Vatican, but that is clearly unconstitutional. Anyone who is president of this nation is president of the entire nation, including the Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, atheists and anyone else who lives in it. Everyone. By your constant barrage of religious rhetoric, as well as the statement you made above, and your refusal to acknowledge the articles of the Constitution, you have proven that you are incapable and unsuited to be President of this country.
