catherine bennet : how atheists can swing this spiritual election.



i know we don't have the separation of church and state here that's supposed to exist in the u.s.a., but i am heartily sick of politicos bringing their religious views into my life.



if they want to send their kids to privately-funded, faith-based schools, that's their kids' hard luck; but if they want to allow religious nutcases to build, using public money, "schools" where kids will be taught that creationism is correct and that evolution is wrong, that's another matter entirely.



faith-based schools should never have received, and should be prevented from receiving in future, public funds. education and faith are different matter. education happens in schools, indoctrination happens in homes or in churches; i don't want to have to pay for indoctrination.



bliar, coward and konningyou have all made a play for the religious vote; well, i don't want a party that expects me to vote for them to be pandering to the insane rantings of the religious. i expect humanist policies, not faith-based crap.



you want my vote - tell the religious to fuck off.