Religion is alive in public square

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In the article, Editorial: Religion is alive in public square, the author comments on Governor Rick Perry’s notion that “secularists and leftists are trying to keep people of faith from the public arena.” The author disagrees with Rick Perry and believes that people of faith “are involved in the public arena, a key ingredient in a healthy democracy.” The author points “this” (Dallas Morning News) newspaper’s Texas Faith Blog is hosting a discussion at SMU to discuss the 2012 election and common good. I believe that the intended audience is conservative Christians or “people of faith” as the author calls it. When he says “people of faith” I wonder if he means people of any faith. His point of view depends heavily on whether he is a Christian or not. I do believe that the author is correct in his view that conservatives and religious people are involved in a public arena but in my opinion I think that involvement has lessened over the years. Involvement will turn into tolerance and tolerance will turn into intolerance. My one critique of this article is the definition of people of faith. There are many definitions of what a Christian is and unfortunately today a person who is conservative and goes to Church every Sunday is called a Christian. There are many of those people that will be at the SMU discussion that will appear to be “people of faith” but don’t know an ounce of the Bible. I do agree with the author that there’s a place for Christian conservatives in the public arena but I don’t think that the author has a grasp on what a person of faith really is.

 

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