Ron Paul is one of the few politicians who doesn't let his personal beliefs come between him and the government. He admitted that because of his medical profession, he does not agree with abortion but has said repeatedly that it's not an issue for the federal government to decide. It is a state issue.
After all the learning I've done on the man, he's spoken nearly nothing about religion, because, like I said, he's not out to impose his own beliefs upon the nation, but wants to give us the freedom and responsibility to decide.
dude, are you for real? he's spoken CONSTANTLY about religion. he believes in the war on christmas and has said so publicly. hell, he supports a constitutional amendment for school prayer, happened in 1997.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul148.html"The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of our Founding Fathers. On the contrary, our Founders’ political views were strongly informed by their religious beliefs."
apparently he was not familiar with the wording of the treaty of tripoli, ratified in 1796 by the entire senate under John Adams, which says in section 11:
"As the Government of the United States of America is
not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;"
or, for that matter, thomas jefferson's 1802 letter:
"I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,
thus building a wall of separation between church and state."
and as for "it's not an issue for the federal government to decide", did you ignore what i said? he wants to overturn Roe V Wade and then put a FEDERAL LAW in place that defines life as beginning at conception, effectively banning abortion. that is de facto "federal government deciding" if not explicitly so.
paul may be a doctor, but that doesn't mean he's a good politician. at all.
