My LTTE to The New York Times

[brooklynite]

Regarding Senator John McCain's comments that, in his view, Muslims are less spiritually capable than Christians to serve as President (McCain Casts Muslims as Less Fit to Lead, September 30), and that the United States was established as a Christian Nation, I'm not sure what's worse: the notion that the Senator is so desperate to become President that he would pander this much to Religious Conservatives, or the notion that these are his actual beliefs. Perhaps, as part of his "Straight Talk" campaign, he can share with the voters the specific guiding principles he feels a Christian candidate embodies (and a Muslim or non-Christian candidate presumably does not) that makes him or her a preferred choice by default. Or, better still, perhaps he could re-read what the Founding Fathers placed in Article 6 of the Constitution ("No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States") and then publicly apologize for his ill-considered comments.

[Bluzmann57]

1. Good one.

Was it published? I hope so because you are a truth teller and we need more like that.
GO CUBS!

[brooklynite]

3. Just submitted it tonight...

They've actually cut the number of printed letters, since going to the new page size, but they say they publish a larger number in the online version.

[spag68]

4. Surely you jest

I get the times,and consider it a good info source, however they print few ltte's, and fewer still that make sense. Don't forget, this the land of Pete King, who said the problem with America is too many mosques.

[Cha]

2. Oooops! Another senator in the

US Senate who doesn't know or care what's in our Constitution.