Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Politicians use religion, and they get their troops riled up with religion.
Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.
I think religion played a huge part in Bush's re-election.
As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.
People will politicize religion; we see it in every faith, in every religion. We see it with Pat Robertson, in my opinion, and we see it with the Taliban.
How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?
Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.
I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try to identify political policies with religion.
Politics in America is the binding secular religion.