PureX
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If religious people cannot execute the duties of their political office without defying the limitations of that office and imposing their religious views on those they are supposed to be serving, then they should not be allowed to hold political office, because they will be unable to fulfill the positions they would seek, and should never have run for office to begin with.
As the president, Biden has no say over the legality of abortion. And as a political representative, it is not his place to preach his moral opinions to the nation (whatever they are). His job, in our form of government, at least, is to represent the people of the nation within the government, and to the rest of the world. All of the people of the nation, that is, not just the ones that think as he does.
So any religious leaders that think it's their job to sanction and punish a politician because he respects and fulfills his duty as a public representative are being quite foolish. For two reasons. One is that they are not living in a theocracy and any politician that behaves as if he does will soon find himself out of a job and perhaps even in serious legal trouble. The other is that by maintaining such an absolute theocratic position on politics they will effectively render their own adherents untenable as public servants.
I don't know what Joe Biden thinks about abortion. And I don't care. It has nothing to do with his fulfilling the duties of the office of president. And any religious leaders that think otherwise are living in the wrong country.
As the president, Biden has no say over the legality of abortion. And as a political representative, it is not his place to preach his moral opinions to the nation (whatever they are). His job, in our form of government, at least, is to represent the people of the nation within the government, and to the rest of the world. All of the people of the nation, that is, not just the ones that think as he does.
So any religious leaders that think it's their job to sanction and punish a politician because he respects and fulfills his duty as a public representative are being quite foolish. For two reasons. One is that they are not living in a theocracy and any politician that behaves as if he does will soon find himself out of a job and perhaps even in serious legal trouble. The other is that by maintaining such an absolute theocratic position on politics they will effectively render their own adherents untenable as public servants.
I don't know what Joe Biden thinks about abortion. And I don't care. It has nothing to do with his fulfilling the duties of the office of president. And any religious leaders that think otherwise are living in the wrong country.
