CNN/YouTube Debate Video:God and Guns

The atheist YouTuber lived up to the snotty attitude one associates with atheists but he does ask a good question: will you pay lip service to the religious and snub the secular voters. I guess he wants the candidates to give equal time to the concerns of atheist. Maybe he wants them to pander to him the way they pander to the Christians. Edwards obliged. He said that he wouldn't let his faith get in the way of making decisions that effect all Americans. That's a good trick if you could pull it off. And you must not have much of a faith if you can put it on the shelf while you lead the country (maybe he'll promise to put it in a lock box next). Obama gave a much more honest answer and I thought it was pretty good. He believes in the separation of church and state which benefits both the state and the church but he did admit that faith informs his decisions. That answer is honest because everyone's belief in whatever they believe guides their actions.

I already addressed Bidens' response to the question on guns here. I think Richards gave an interesting answer to the question: the problem is not the guns it is the people who own them who shouldn't and we should address the underlying problems of gun violence like poverty. Not a bad response and much better than Biden.