seen on CNN this evening.

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CNN had a “compassion forum” sunday night, featuring both democratic candidates. personally, i don’t believe religion has any place in politics, but i understand that it’s basically political tradition for presidential aspirants to reaffirm their religious beliefs in public. still, i never thought that CNN would broadcast something that so overtly draws upon christianity. 

i turned on CNN when the coanchors were on their last question with hillary clinton. “do you think that god wants you to be president?” i almost fell out of my chair. 

and then with obama, there was the controversy-revival that the networks engage in daily. mr. obama, why did you call pennsylvanians bitter? what did you mean? can you re-re-re-re-explain it, please? 

i had to turn off the “compassion forum” for a while, but lo and behold, a replay, after an hour or so of commentary. that’s when i caught the question on the ticker-tape at the bottom of the screen. “when have you felt the holy spirit in your life?” i’m currently watching it on mute, and the ticker-tape asks obama, “can you explain “punished with a baby” remark?”

i understand that voters want to know where candidates stand on things like abortion and stem-cell research. but there’s a difference between discussing issues with a religious component and shoving christianity down people’s throats. 

oh my god, next question: “did god create world in 6 days?” honestly? the whole CNN slogan for this thing “faith and politics” exemplifies the whole problem: they don’t belong together. 

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