As Christians split over Trump, minority faiths make their mark

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

Muslim women were elected to Congress for the first time. The number of non-religious elected officials expanded. And for the first time in memory an incumbent senator mentioned the upcoming Hindu holiday of Diwali in an acceptance speech.
Religion was not the story in yesterday’s midterm elections, but the national vote was not without some compelling — and telling — stories with implications for faith in American politics.

To read more:

https://religionnews.com/2018/11/07/election-roundup/

[struggle4progress]

1. We can have a great and strong and diverse country

if we can only survive the current crop of rightwing whackjobs

[guillaumeb]

2. And if we can survive the blatant cheating.

The GOP cannot win on the issues, so cheating is their only winning strategy.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

3. "Faith in politics"

Should be an oxymoron.

[Voltaire2]

4. What was the split G?

Oh let’s see, Protestant 60-40 for fascism. Catholics, to their credit were 51-49 against fascism. People with no religion were 70% against fascism.

[Act_of_Reparation]

5. But China and North Korea herp a derp a derp

Argle bargle wubby wub atheist badz bazinga boingo whuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrr-pop!

[guillaumeb]

8. I understand that such references make you uncomfortable.

References that suggest that intolerance is a human trait.

[Act_of_Reparation]

11. Is that what they suggest?

Nope. Try again.

[trotsky]

6. Yep, continuing the trend that the MAJORITY of religious people in this country are conservative.

NOT liberal.

This frustrates people like g to no end. The truth hurts.

[Major Nikon]

9. The more fanatical they are...

The more fascist they are. Very telling that.

[ck4829]

7. K&R

[MineralMan]

10. One of those Muslim women lives in my area.

She won her seat in Congress, not because of, nor in spite of, her beliefs. Her campaign was not based on her being a follower of Islam. Instead it was based on the needs of the district she will serve. She is strongly bounded by those needs, that remain unfilled. That she is a Muslim was irrelevant, frankly. The vast majority in her district are not Muslims. They voted for her solely on the basis of her positions on issues relevant to that district.

There are no implications regarding faith in her election. She was the superior candidate for that constituency. Period.