Reply #17: Brokaw asked Clark the religion question because of his stands on separati [View All]

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http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34733
Here's what he said on WGCU 90.1, a public radio station in southwest Florida:


Well, I am concerned like many people are. I grew up believing that the whole ... one of the basic principles in our country is that we would keep church and state separate. And this is because everyone is entitled to freedom of religion, and that is why people came to America in the first place. ... And we learned that in order to have freedom of religion, you've got to protect the state from the church. You don't want an established church that we're all being taxed to support, or at least that's the way it was put then. But it's a little more complicated than that. I think that it is a wonderful thing for people to have values and religious, their religious faith, and I certainly have mine. But I think that it is better for our democracy and better for our religion if we keep the two separate.

That being said, personal faith is OK with me as long as I see no conflict with this princilpe (as Holly Joe showed by supporting the faith based thingy).
So, Clark has been very candid about his faith - and that won't allow the GOP to make hay on it - more power to him!