And what if the Rastafarians didn’t smoke so much marijuana?
And what if the Catholics didn’t select a Hitler Youth and Nazi conscript as their spiritual leader?
I don’t think it is inappropriate to consider what candidates believe about universal truths in deciding how to vote, or to consider the records of organizations to which they belong. It isn’t bigotry to decline to vote for Robert Byrd solely because of his KKK affiliation, is it?
(Not that there aren’t other reason to vote against Byrd)
And what if the Catholics didn’t select a Hitler Youth and Nazi conscript as their spiritual leader?
For every Adolf Hitler there is an Albino Luciani.
Religion is not a reliable gauge of a man’s Character.
> I don’t think it is inappropriate to consider what candidates believe about universal truths in deciding how to vote, or to consider the records of organizations to which they belong.
I don’t think it is a reliable gauge, either. And History proves me right.
> It isn’t bigotry to decline to vote for Robert Byrd solely because of his KKK affiliation, is it?
No, it isn’t: if you are prepared to overlook the fact that many of the Founding Fathers kept slaves and saw nothing wrong with that. Would you have voted for them?