Letter to the editor: Trump will protect religious liberty
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The writer of the letter “Trump wouldn’t meet John Adams’ Christian criteria” (Oct. 15, TribLive) seems a bit confused about some things, and I hope I can help.
Christians know that we are not electing a pastor or a pope or even a spiritual guide. We are electing a president, one who will hopefully enforce the constitutional guidelines for liberty, and particularly religious liberty. Protections in the Constitution were placed there to prevent governmental interference, such as having a state church, with state approved, licensed ministers giving an approved message. Many of its writers were deists, the liberals of the day, but some were Bible-believing Christians, and that was the basis of disagreements noted. Pulling out quotes from history without context is futile.
Donald Trump, whatever his personal beliefs, is the only candidate who will provide for the protection the Constitution guarantees. I don’t believe the Democrats will. Socialists hate the very idea of God. Trump is trying to “get out the vote” in a group that traditionally doesn’t.
I hope the author is not suggesting that other politicians don’t “use” voters. That would be foolish indeed. And Christians who don’t consider the Democrats’ agenda anti-God are also foolish indeed.
Dan Egan
Pitcairn