COULD CARSONS RELIGIOUS STANCE HURT HIM?

I attended Dr. Ben Carson's Arizona Rally yesterday and I was impressed but not wowed. Like I have stated before, Ben Carson is a solid candidate who might just be exactly what the Republicans need to beat the Democrats in 2016. He stated his stances on most issues and was very intriguing despite being a soft toned man. I did learn more as to who he was as a person and what he believes America's foundations are. A total of 12,000 people attended which was way more than what was anticipated. This rally however, did bring up a big concern of mine. The separation of church and state.

When I entered the massive room I could hear people talking and slight Christian music over the loudspeaker. I had no problem with this since the music was at an appropriate volume. The rally started with a prayer which was to be expected. After this, a pianist comes on and begins to play Christian music on the piano for about ten minutes. At this point I got the message loud and clear. I consider myself Christian, and try to follow the morals Jesus taught us in my everyday life, but even I just wanted to get to his political points by the end of the singing. I began to fear that his strong faith may distance himself from a majority of the American people who do not consider them self a Christian. I imagined what it would be like if I was a swing, atheist voter who had attended this rally knowing little as to who Dr. Ben Carson was. I would have concerns. I would've like to dive deeper into if he would make decisions purely on Judaeo-Christian principles, or if he would put that aside and look at what is best for the nation. As we all know sometimes those two though principles collide. Democrats will use his strong religious values as ammunition against him. He must state early on, that his faith guides him, but he understands and respects the separation of church and state.

David Conolly
THE RIGHT REPORT
@DavidConolly94