Obama's Religious Background, Does It Matter? Options

[fameONE]

For those of you that have been following, yet another, God-awful US election, you're well aware of the recent specualtions about Barack Obama being a Muslim. Does it really matter? What difference would it make if the man was a Scientologist?

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

Discuss.

EDIT: Can someone please correct the spelling in the title?

[libertie]

I'm going to step completely out of "rational argument" mode and just say OH MY GOD I'M SO TIRED OF GETTING FORWARDS FROM MY MOTHER ABOUT OBAMA'S RELIGION. The latest one was about how he goes to an all-black church that only accepts black members. So, first he's a muslim, now he's racist? Great.

Every one of them is like "Hey Danielle, what do you think about this?" She wants to vote for him but she keeps getting turned off by these rumors, so she keeps e-mailing me asking for my opinion as to whether or not she should believe them. I feel sorry for her.

Honestly though, it's amazing to me that this has been settled so long ago, but people just won't give up their attacks against him. They think they've got some really heavy dirt on him, when it's seriously pathetic that this is ALL they've got.

To answer the original question, religious beliefs have nothing to do with what I look for in a candidate. That SHOULDN'T add to or take away from a person's support during an election, and it's really sad that it does sometimes. I can only hope that the majority realizes that these rumors are bogus, and even if they weren't, he's a damn strong candidate regardless.