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the right choice? Can you trust me to do the same? Questions like these lay suspiciously hidden beneath the surface inquiry, "Should faith influence a citizen's vote?" Perhaps those who believe that it should not are only comfortable with the idea of faith influencing actions if it is a faith that they can embrace.

As long as religious freedom remains a reality there will be people embracing many icons of faith. This debate is not about which is the true faith. This argument is about whether those who have the right to vote may cast a ballot in consideration of themes like trust, commitment, and conviction, all of which are spin-offs of personal faith. Any man or woman who asserts that he or she is making choices apart from faith is simply refusing to acknowledge that faith is a central part of self. It gives substance to the human spirit. Its influence in all areas of decision-making, voting included, is not only an imperative, but is unavoidable.

America's founding fathers came to this country to escape religious intolerance and persecution and to be allowed to live out their individual expressions of faith. Although they did not all share the same beliefs, they unanimously believed that faith should not be divorced from the market place of life. Those who agree with the Founding Fathers are in good company as they boldly assert that faith, like other "inalienable" rights and freedoms provided for in the Declaration of Independence, should be allowed to influence a citizen's vote.

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