# A stark example of how ubiquitous civic expressions of religion have become

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**Created:** [February 18, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stark-example-of-how-ubiquitous-civic-expressions-of-religion-have-become/438149 "2008-02-18T20:01:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stark-example-of-how-ubiquitous-civic-expressions-of-religion-have-become/438149/81 "2008-03-06T12:47:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Clothahump]  
And that is absolutely the best thing.

If asked what their religious beliefs are, the candidates should reply ,“Not applicable - next question” and move on.  
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Or as Tony Blair’s press secretary famously responded to a similar question: ‘We don’t do God’.

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