Ben Carson never said that a Muslim cannot run for President [Mark Levin kept pounding at it in and challenging any liberal to say otherwise his show].
Carson said that he personally would not advocate and support a Muslim if he were to run for President.
He already gave his reasons — concerns about believing in Sharia Law being foremost in his mind.
Even the delegates to a convention are free to apply whatever religious test they please. A political party is not a governmental entity. (I know, conventions are a mere formality these days.)
As a matter of fact, I believe I’m correct in saying that presidential electors are free to vote for (or against) anyone on any basis.
Exactly the argument I have been using for a week now... He never said a Muslim should be barred from seeking the office, He said he could not advocate putting a Muslim in as President. I agree with that 100%!
People vote how they want too, my supposedly lifetime Republican friend could not vote for a Mormon so instead he voted for Obama. I would have had a lot more respect for him if he would have left it blank or wrote in Mickey Mouse than to pull the lever for Obama. Now anytime I bring it up, he falls back on don’t blame me for Obama, Romney still won our state...
I am done voting party line and for the lesser of two evils. My future ballots will have a lot of blank spaces (I guess for the computer to fill in however it is programmed /s)