Post-election rant

Post-election rant
What disturbs me about some Bush supporters is their blatant disregard for the Constitution's principle of secular government, separate church and state. I've heard voters say they back Bush because 'he's a Christian like me and he allows God to guide his decision-making like me.' How fundamental a misunderstanding of the Constitution is this? If it's a good amount of the thinking that got Bush re-elected then it shows who didn't pay attention in history class. Folks either have no idea of the real reasoning behind secular government or they understand it and choose to vote against it. Isn't that un-American? Isn't that counter-patriotic? Bush's thinking regarding stem cells, gay marriage, and his appointing of evangelical court justices show he's also someone who either doesn't understand the concept of separate church and state or that he blatantly disregards it. Wow. In one of Tuesday's assembly races, in Southern California, a Saudi Arabian-born candidate lost, but got 41% of her district's vote. Ferial Masry is a Muslim, but do you think Islam was part of her platform? Hell no, or she wouldn't have made it to the primary. The broader the office the more secular a Muslim or Jewish candidate has to appear. But the president, the broadest officer of all, can run with orthodox ideals and be seen as representing the people. Of course I'm not knocking anyone's religious beliefs because the Constitution doesn't knock them, but isn't it the Constitution itself that's been knocked here?