Trump not religious
Trump not religious
For those of you who voted for Donald Trump for religious reasons, I have this to say:
If your religious beliefs tell you to vote for the candidate who opposes abortion rights, same-sex marriage and transgender rights, why can’t you just not engage in those activities yourselves and be sin-free?
Forcing your belief on all citizens is not right. In America, our Founding Fathers created a new kind of country that was intentionally secular with a separation of church and state, not Judeo-Christian values, as is often misstated. Sharia law is the Muslim version of forcing religious laws on all citizens, and I’m pretty sure you would not like to be forced to follow those laws, being Christians.
Donald Trump is not a religious person. He made that quite clear by his behavior during this presidential campaign.
I’m sure it must have been hard for some of you to swallow the thought of a vote for Trump. But now he’s our president. I just hope we can get through these next four years without a catastrophe. But, as far as I’m concerned, if he does half of what he says he will do, that will be bad for me, personally.
I have affordable health care, biracial children and many African-American friends, female daughters, granddaughters and friends, illegal alien friends, Muslim friends, gay friends and even a few transgender friends. I will stand up for their equal rights as long as I live. And I hope you can find it in your Christian hearts to love your neighbors, even the ones who don’t share your beliefs.
Please reconsider this inconsiderate position of voting your religious beliefs next time. Some of your fellow citizens’ freedoms and pursuit of happiness depends on it.
Ken Charon
Kurtistown
‘Good’ cannot win
The media created Donald Trump. He was supposed to be Dr. Frankenstein’s monster — sewn together to destroy the other Republican candidates, and then easily destroyed when they revealed his ugliness. But, the “monster” proved too strong and bit them on the butts.
The reason we had only two “bad” candidates for president is because we no longer vote for the “good” candidate. For decades, we have stopped being Americans. Instead, we vote for our specific special interests over our country. So, a “good” candidate cannot survive all the way.
Most of the most-publicized polls and experts (even Time magazine’s two cover stories about Trump’s campaign melting down) were wrong simply because sometimes polls and experts tell you what they want you to believe.
Trump might grow into a good president, if he learns humility. He will excel at the behind-closed-door deals that a president does.
Leighton Loo
Mililani, Oahu