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This document appears to be page 316 of a manuscript or book draft (indicated by word count and chapter reference). The text outlines a set of ten guidelines, termed 'Ten Commendments,' advising political candidates on how to separate religion from their political campaigns and rhetoric, emphasizing secular governance and respect for diversity. It bears a House Oversight Committee Bates stamp.
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| Thomas Jefferson | Historical Figure |
Quoted regarding his views on religious opinions being private matters similar to opinions on physics or geometry.
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| Unidentified Author | Writer |
The narrator ('I') proposing 'Ten Commendments' for political candidates.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document via Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Implied by references to 'Americans', 'this country', and 'these shores'.
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"Religion and faith, as Jefferson recognized, are private matters and no one should be judged based on their 'religious opinions, any more than [their] opinions in physics or geometry.'"Source
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"With this in mind, let me end this chapter with my own 'Ten Commendments' (a commandment is a cross between a 'commandment' and an 'amendment' that I would 'commend' candidates for following:"Source
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"Do not claim God as a member of your party or that God is on your side of an issue."Source
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"Remember that every belief is in a minority somewhere, and act as if your belief were the least popular."Source
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importantly, it requires a collective decision by public officials of all political stripes to agree to
stop running as defenders of the faith and to end the contest over who is more religious or
committed to "faith." Religion and faith, as Jefferson recognized, are private matters and no one
should be judged based on their "religious opinions, any more than [their] opinions in physics or
geometry." With this in mind, let me end this chapter with my own "Ten Commendments" (a
commandment is a cross between a "commandment" and an "amendment" that I would
"commend" candidates for following:
stop running as defenders of the faith and to end the contest over who is more religious or
committed to "faith." Religion and faith, as Jefferson recognized, are private matters and no one
should be judged based on their "religious opinions, any more than [their] opinions in physics or
geometry." With this in mind, let me end this chapter with my own "Ten Commendments" (a
commandment is a cross between a "commandment" and an "amendment" that I would
"commend" candidates for following:
1. Do not claim God as a member of your party or that God is on your side of an issue.
2. Do not publicly proclaim your religious devotion, affiliation, and practices, or attack
those of your opponents.
3. Do not denounce those who differ with you about the proper role of religion in public
life as antireligious or intolerant of religion.
4. Do not surround your political campaign with religious trappings or symbols.
5. Honor and respect the diversity of this country, recalling that many Americans came to
these shores to escape the tyranny of enforced religious uniformity and, more recently,
enforced antireligious uniformity.
6. Do not seek the support of religious leaders who impose religious obligations on
members of their faith to support or oppose particular candidates.
7. Do not accuse those who reject formal religion of immorality. Recall that some of our
nation’s greatest leaders did not accept formal or even informal religion.
8. Do not equate morality and religion. Although some great moral teachers were
religious, some great moral sinners also acted in the name of religion.
9. When there are political as well as religious dimensions to an issue, focus on the
political ones during the campaign.
10. Remember that every belief is in a minority somewhere, and act as if your belief were
the least popular.
2. Do not publicly proclaim your religious devotion, affiliation, and practices, or attack
those of your opponents.
3. Do not denounce those who differ with you about the proper role of religion in public
life as antireligious or intolerant of religion.
4. Do not surround your political campaign with religious trappings or symbols.
5. Honor and respect the diversity of this country, recalling that many Americans came to
these shores to escape the tyranny of enforced religious uniformity and, more recently,
enforced antireligious uniformity.
6. Do not seek the support of religious leaders who impose religious obligations on
members of their faith to support or oppose particular candidates.
7. Do not accuse those who reject formal religion of immorality. Recall that some of our
nation’s greatest leaders did not accept formal or even informal religion.
8. Do not equate morality and religion. Although some great moral teachers were
religious, some great moral sinners also acted in the name of religion.
9. When there are political as well as religious dimensions to an issue, focus on the
political ones during the campaign.
10. Remember that every belief is in a minority somewhere, and act as if your belief were
the least popular.
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