"Democracy requires the ability to test public policies in reasoned discourse in a free marketplace of ideas. If a candidate claims that his or her sole source of justification for a policy is God, how can that assertion be tested and debated? Religious motivation is to be expected and commended, but candidates and legislators must be able to offer a civic or secular purpose for any public policy they propose." USA Today column by David Saperstein & Oliver ThomasLabels
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"Democracy requires the ability to test public policies in reasoned discourse in a free marketplace of ideas...."
"Democracy requires the ability to test public policies in reasoned discourse in a free marketplace of ideas. If a candidate claims that his or her sole source of justification for a policy is God, how can that assertion be tested and debated? Religious motivation is to be expected and commended, but candidates and legislators must be able to offer a civic or secular purpose for any public policy they propose." USA Today column by David Saperstein & Oliver ThomasColumn: 5 rules for faith and politics 2012
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