As the political leaders of Europe meet to save the euro and European Union, so should religious leaders.
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It's important to ask candidates about their beliefs, in part because politicians frequently exploit religious faith - often with the idea that voters will be more likely to unthinkingly accept certain political positions so long as they arise from religious belief.
Democracies domesticate religious groups to become political players. That's how it works.
When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda.
Christians can bring peace to multi-religious Europe because we are able to understand the role of faith in the lives of other believers better than atheists.
Government needs to stay out of the religion business altogether.
We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them.
What we need in Europe is to push back against the idea that religion is so farfetched that it's not worth talking about.
Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.
Politicians use religion, and they get their troops riled up with religion.
Our government should be entirely and purely secular. The religious views of a candidate should be kept entirely out of sight.