[refurb]

The point is in the US we do our best to avoid labeling people with religious beliefs as "tools of their religion" when they occupy political office.

You should try and see how many political leaders are Jewish and then compare that to the % of the population that are Jewish. Comes across as kinda shitty behavior no?

Plenty of government leaders are religious but that doesn't mean they rule according to those beliefs. To make the assumption they do is just a weak attempt to smear people based on their personal beliefs.

[int_19h]

When laws are repeatedly passed that are consistent with a certain religious interpretation, at what point does it stop being an assumption? I'll grant you that it would still not be a good thing to point at a specific politician and claim that they're doing it (unless you have evidence). But that's different from speaking statistically about Congress as a whole.

[refurb]

Please give an example. Plenty of religious beliefs overlap with the beliefs of the non-religious, not to mention non-Christian beliefs.

[newbamboo]

Abolition? Christians in politics have done more good than bad, unless you hate America, which it honestly sounds like you do. Hating America is very hip in certain cliques but it’s pretty cringe to listen to from an educated adult who benefits greatly from the freedom they seem to hate.

[zeruch]

"Christians in politics have done more good than bad"

Feel free to provide some actual substantive backing of that (correlation v causation is so much fun), otherwise you sound like another Xtian carnie with a very dull ax to grind.

[newbamboo]

It’s common knowledge. Read a dictionary?

Even the admittedly anti-Christian Wikipedia can help you out here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilberforce

[zeruch]

"admittedly anti-Christian Wikipedia"

Yep, 12 years of Jesuit / Marianist education taught me exactly that your kind of religiosity...is trash.