President Barack Obama personally intervened to change party platform on God, Jerusalem

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85. Clearly we see differently.

I do not care what religion or lack of religion the President keeps. So long as it's kept personal. And as I stated before, religion should have no place in political party platforms outside of the free personal practice thereof for all citizens.

I can live with a president who does not impose religious values on party platform, nation, or other government sponsored institution. Again what they personally believe and keep to themselves is of no importance to me.

The party platform is the outline of the party's ideals. Including reference, and preference, to one religious belief, as I said to pander to the right, is anti-American. The American governmental system is forbidden from having a preferred religion due to the 1st Amendment. The political party's endorsement of one religious belief is unacceptable. It has no place in government. Separation of church and state.

The fact is, whether it hurts me or not, which is debatable, it is unconstitutional for a governing body to promote one religion over another. Does it hurt me directly? No. Does it impose an expectation of The Judeo-Christian god on voters of the Democratic Party however. While this may be ok with Republican voters, I take issue with this requirement in the Democratic Party. It has no necessary place in the platform. It doesn't do anything positive. It moves the party to the right again. There's no need for it. We have better ideas and are better equipped to solve this nation's problems. We do not need to pander. We need to offer up our solutions.