Week 3: Should Religion Play a Role in Politics?

If you were to walk around your community and ask different people this question: “Should religion play a role in politics?”, you would get many different answers. Here are merely two different opinions:

https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/should-religion-play-a-role-in-politics/ (Links to an external site.)
https://www.amnews.com/2017/01/08/government-should-not-favor-one-religion/ (Links to an external site.)

What do you think? Should religion play a role in politics?

If you say yes:

• Why?
• What role should it play?
• Is a specific religion important or are there general religious tenets that should be used?

If you say no:

• Why not?
• If a religious framework is not used, is there a different framework that should be used instead?

All: Your answer should be at least 250 words and should include a reference to at least one external resource.