1.0God-O-Meterhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/godometerdgilgoffhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/godometer/author/dgilgoffKucinich: no separation of spirit and state - God-O-Meterrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xHANMGsS14"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/godometer/2007/08/kucinich-opposes-separation-of.html">Kucinich: no separation of spirit and state</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/godometer/2007/08/kucinich-opposes-separation-of.html/embed#?secret=xHANMGsS14" width="600" height="338" title="“Kucinich: no separation of spirit and state” — God-O-Meter" data-secret="xHANMGsS14" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Somewhat surprised to hear Dennis Kucinich speaking against the separation of “spiritual values” and state in yesterday’s Democratic debate, God-o-Meter did some digging and discovered that the Catholic Kucinich grew up studying the lives of the saints and Scripture in Latin. In 2004, The Christian Science Monitor called him possibly the “most overtly spiritual of…