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Old 19-12-2007, 05:47 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by rjt View Post
It is no diffrent to voting for a libertarian because you beleive in what they stand for I certainly do not regard that as irrational. It is supporting someone who believes in similar things that you do.
No, there is a vast difference. The libertarian will enact libertarian policies. They will not enact Christian or atheist policies (if there is such a thing as an atheist policy). I would not vote for Mike Huckabee, not because he is a Christian, but because he wants to enact Christian policies into what should be a secular state which separates church and state in its own constitution.

I would sooner vote for atheist John Stuart Mill than Catholic Hitler.
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