Linkmeister

Er, so what?

Even if President Obama were a Muslim rather than the Christian he is, why should we care?

Yeah, yeah, Kennedy was the first and so-far-only Catholic President, we've never had a Jewish President, blah blah blah.

Lookit. With the recent confirmation of Elena Kagan as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, that body now has three Jews and six Catholics. Other than a few hand-wringers (Pat Buchanan is cited in the linked article), did anybody argue that Kagan shouldn't be nominated because the "balance" of the Court would be upset?

There are two Muslim Representatives in Congress right now. There are six Eastern Orthodox Representatives (one of whom is Darrel Issa. I'd be delighted to see him out of Congress, but not because he belongs to some faith I know nothing about). Nearly all the rest of the House members are members of "mainstream" religions. (Source)

In the Senate there is no one outside the "mainstream" religions (Source).

As far as I know, other than the race that Keith Ellison won in Minnesota in 2006, no recent campaigns for the US Senate and House have had a candidate's religion as a major issue.

So why would it be a big deal if President Obama were in fact a Muslim?

Posted by Linkmeister at August 20, 2010 01:43 PM | TrackBack