We have received feedback on this issue from people all across America. Review the graph to the left for a quick snapshot of the responses received to date, or read the responses below.

... I am thankful that we currently have a "God Feari ...

January 27,2004

I am thankful that we currently have a "God Fearing" President. I will pray for his reelection. Is it not better than a President that lies and cheats on his wife and denies it to the entire world? What kind of "morals" did you vote for when he was elected?

... Our leaders have a mandate to uphold laws that are ...

January 27,2004

Our laws come from God -- period. We would not have the laws that we are guided by on a daily basis, if God had not given us those laws and written them upon not only stone tablets, but upon the tablets of our hearts.
Our leaders have a mandate to uphold laws that are in keeping with the will of the God who is the lawgiver.

... You want the church out of the government get the ...

January 27,2004

You want the church out of the government get the government out of the church. Remember Waco!!!! You have one government but many churchs. Will you then tall us witch church? If you can saw who I can call a sinner you will try to tall me witch church!!!!

... I would only trust a political leader that is Godl ...

January 27,2004

I would only trust a political leader that is Godly.

... We should not mix Religion with our Government ...

January 27,2004

Religion is Man's way of grasping for hope of life after death. We should not mix Religion(our hope of the after life) with our Government(dealing with the real world).

... eventually destroy the moral fabric of our nation ...

January 27,2004

Our founding fathers undeniably used their religous beliefs to form policy and set agendas. If we don't allow God to positively affect our decision making, we would go against what our country was founded on and eventually destroy the moral fabric of our nation.

... IF HE DOES NOT WANT HIS DAUGHTER TO SAY UNDER GOD, ...

January 27,2004

I DO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD ALLOW " UNDER GOD " TO CONTINUE. WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW ONE MAN TO RULE WHAT SHOULD BE DONE AND NOT DONE BECAUSE HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN GOD. IF HE DOES NOT WANT HIS DAUGHTER TO SAY UNDER GOD, SHE SHOULD JUST KEEP QUIET. I WILL ALWAYS SAY UNDER GOD, BECAUSE HE IS THE ALMIGHTY.

... moral leaders are not narrow minded and self right ...

January 27,2004

I believe we Americans need political leaders who are moral leaders. But moral leaders are not narrow minded and self righteous. I do not want politicians nor government leaders to so-called speak for me as an American when they think of themselves as "called by God" to this leadership.

... this open word "religious" allows for many cults ...

January 27,2004

This question is not focusing on the large picture i believe it is good for creating debate but also ment to dodge the piont.When looking at this question if it were worded christian leader or christian beliefs i would answer most definatly they should let god influence. but this open word "religious" allows for many cults,sects and other wise would be religions. When looking at religion what are the fundimental values at its core? What are the core values of our government? If I make up a part of that government by having a vote i vote with christ based values.

... I applaude President Bush for his beliefs ...

January 27,2004

As a christian a beliver in Christ Jesus I applaude President Bush for his beliefs and to influence policy statements and decisions.

... they are using God to justify those actions ...

January 27,2004

I would hope that our political leaders do indeed base their decisions on some moral beliefs, be they Christian or otherwise. The important fact for me is that their decisions and actions reflect true concern for the welfare of our people with emphasis on the most needy. Hopefully those decisions and actions do not place personal gain above the other. My perception, at this point, is that too many of our decision makers are indeed reflecting acquiescence to power and money instead of true moral beliefs. And that they are using God to justify those actions.
So it is not important to me that they publicly mention God or that we have snapshots of them at worship. It is important that they act for the greater good of all the people, that they act to protect our natural world, and that they make peace not war.

... None of the founders believed religion had any pla ...

January 27,2004

....The United States of America is in nowise founded upon the Christian Nation, anymore than it is founded upon the Islamic or Jewish religion....

James Madison, President of the United States, Co-writer of the Consittution of the United States, Treaty of Tripoli, 1799-1801, with Libyans.

None of the founders believed religion had any place in government, they had come to America to escape the tyranny of religious oppresion in its many and varied forms, and wrote this clause into the constitution in an effort to protect their fledgling nation from a return to the despotic tyranny of church rule.

... ...

January 27,2004

If a politician's religious beliefs do not affect his policy statements or decisions then his religion is of little value to him or the nation.

... there would have been no Declaration of Independen ...

January 27,2004

If our founding fathers had not allowed their religious beliefs to influence their policy statements, there would have been no Declaration of Independence.

... Their religious convictions make them who they are ...

January 27,2004

Their religious convictions make them who they are and this is why they are voted into office. Preventing a politician from voting with his religious convictions would be failing to represent the people that voted them into office. Thus the voice of the majority would be disreguarded for the voice of the minority. This is not a wise practice, as we see in other governments and business that are truly run by one or two, and not a democratic process.

... ...

January 27,2004

I would not vote for a politician who I felt would not rely on thier Religious belief's

... I want to know where my political leaders stand on ...

January 27,2004

I want to know where my political leaders stand on moral issues, and sometimes the way I find that out is the way they handle and decide policy statements. If they vote their honest feelings on policies and laws; or if I find that they have been bought to vote a certain way, that greatly influences my assessment of their character and helps me decide to either vote them back in or vote them out. I am very grateful for all the political leaders who have had the courage to vote their religious beliefs even when it was not popular to do so.

... Leadership without God's guidance is tyranny. ...

January 27,2004

Leadership without God's guidance is tyranny. We will prosper or fail based on whether we acknowledge and seek God or reject him as did the Soviet Union.

... george bush is the only one that admits to being a ...

January 27,2004

i used to be a democrat. lately george bush is the only one that admits to being a christian. i dont agree with all of his politics. but i do agree with him being man enough to stand up for god. i will continue to vote for him as long as he is not afraid of the news media.

... naive ...

January 27,2004

To assume that one will not think based upon their backgrounds, experiences, genders, races, etc. is to be so naive as to believe the chicken will put aside the thinking of a chicken and think as a fox. Silly duck!!!