Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has lambasted President Barack Obama for holding a “phony theology.” In the farce that politics have become, this is more than just a laughing matter. The Constitution expressly prohibits a religious test for public office and assailing the president’s theology goes against American tradition. Notice that this attack on religion in the political arena does not come from an atheist: Rick Santorum is firmly rooted in a traditional Catholicism with evangelical overtones. To the shame of believers, wars have been waged over theology throughout the ages, and Santorum’s rant goes against the basic principles of the founders of the Republic who strove to separate theology from politics.
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