Must the US president believe in God?
By Matt Wells
BBC News, New York
Friday, 20 July 2007

God and power are firmly linked in the US political sceneThe most unpredictable presidential race for a generation is well under way in the US, and so far, issues of personal faith have never been far from the headlines.

In the last election, President George W Bush, a born-again Christian, won the support of the vast majority of evangelicals, while his Democratic opponent John Kerry talked as little as possible about his own Catholicism.

But in the crowded field of candidates this time, it is the Democrats who are finding it easier to describe how their faith in Jesus informs their political beliefs and experience. the rest