it's not good rhetoric to seem to look down on or not be accepting of a citizen's faith. There are religious people in the Democratic Party, as well as agnostics, and atheists. All viewpoints on faith are legitimate and should be respected.

For some people, even if they are not religious, when they are in a very dark place, for whatever reason, a faith in something is the only thing that gets them through. That's nothing to denigrate, IMO.

I think most Democrats share a revulsion to the evangelicals, though. The Pat Robertsons and Falwells who say that a natural disaster occurs somewhere because it's a liberal area, and support a disgusting, immoral, unethical predator because he promises to send money their way and put the U S Embassy in Jerusalem. They sold their support to "evil" for some gold coins.