Dear Editor,
I've been keeping up with the SGA elections for a while now. I've been to both slates' sites, read the Daily News articles, and I even placed my vote the morning elections opened. After I came back from my last class, I went to read the newspaper. The thing I noticed on the profiles was that there was a religion area. The question I ask is "Why?" This country does its best to follow a "separation of church and state." Why would being (insert religion here) make the person a better leader?
The thing that should be focused on is the issues themselves, not what type of person is on the slate. If a Hindu or an atheist were running for president, good for them (I mean it). But why should religion be put in with something like "What is your minor?" or "What other special skills does this person have?"
People argue that Manship doesn't really have a diverse slate, but for all we know, maybe one or two of them are in Spanish or another language, or possibly traveled overseas and saw what it's like in a third-world country. I would rather have someone who understands other cultures better, not if they had a parent who happened to be white. But we don't know that because the knowledge of a person's religion is more important than the other skills that the person could use during their term in office. Religion should not be mentioned in this election, no matter if it's one line or half a page. It's not important what religion the person is, and it may cause discrimination among people of different faiths.
Michelle Cline
freshman
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