As a British citizen, who lives in Britain, but who has a knowledge of some of the things that go on in the USA. I am quite concerned of the intrusion of religion into politics in America. I was under the impression that religion and state were deliberately kept different thing as two different things. Most of what I know about this Pence fellow, comes from watching ‘Our Cartoon President’. Myself my daughter were quite shocked when delving into this politician, the vice president of the USA and quite possibly POTUS46. That the cartoon appeared to be very accurate in the portrayal of this person. It would appear to us as Europeans, at least for the next few months, that America is pushing its far-right religious agenda ahead of the principles of the founding fathers. This counters the concept of common human decency that America in recent decades has attempted to portray to the world.
The purpose of our politicians in this modern age should be the smooth running of society. Their tasks must be the furtherment of understanding and positive interaction not just from people of in country but the whole world. Backward religious zeal can only destroy the hard work carried out by forward thinking and acting generations of the past century.