Rick Rahe: Changes in America likely has Jefferson spinning in his grave
Does faith matter? Yes, or you don’t have any. Does religious practice matter? Yes, to those who practice it.
The problem I have with the “con” response (“Does Faith Matter for our leaders? Religious views sway many to summarily reject candidates,” Page 1D, Aug. 28), is that we are to take the “law” and carry it out with no regard for any moral standard.
Much of our problems in interaction with one another is related to being “tolerant,” yours or mine. Many laws have been created by the type of politicians being forced on us at this time. Politicians with little or no visible ethical or moral standards The same president mentioned, Thomas Jefferson, would (if not already) be turning in his grave reading the current interpretations of the past 100 years. Legal abortion. Mercy killing. Definitions changed for marriage and family. The three-party system is all but gone.
Read the writing on the wall of his monument (Declaration of Independence). Yes we need to question candidates on what they will do for us, but their faith is the strong base they need to be standing on. We got here on politics with no moral standards. These candidates have said long-term belief needs to end. Is religious freedom next?
Rick Rahe, Modesto
This story was originally published August 30, 2016 at 11:36 AM with the headline "Rick Rahe: Changes in America likely has Jefferson spinning in his grave."