Pete Buttigieg shouldn't lead the religious left. There shouldn't even be a religious left.

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42. I don't seen anything wrong with it precisely because it has been the case for thousands of years.

There's never been a time religion hasn't influenced politics. The current situation is unusual in American because the last 50 years has seen a white religious right wing church vs. a black religious left wing church while white religious leftists sit it out. The result is, of course, the white religious right wins everytime.

It's time the white religious left join their black brothers who have been fighting almost alone. Few Democrats complain that black churches foster religious activism. Many candidates showed at at Rev. Sharpton's forum. It's a only problem now that there might be white people.doing the same thing.

As long as Christianity exists, there will be political Christianity. I can understand if you don't like it. But you are not being honest about what you don't like. You don't like religion itself, so of course you don't want to a religious left, no matter how reasonable. You don't want a religious anything else either.

Maybe you'll get your wish and someday religion will die out, but not in our generation.