when a politician hold a giant prayer rally, are you more, or less inclined to vote for them?

Less. I consider it presumptuous. The Bible talks about those who pray in public. And back then Jesus disapproved. Do you think Jesus must have changed His mind just for Republicans.

(Matthew 6:5-6) 5 “Also, when YOU pray, YOU must not be as the hypocrites; because they like to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the broad ways to be visible to men. Truly I say to YOU, They are having their reward in full. 6 You, however, when you pray, go into your private room and, after shutting your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; then your Father who looks on in secret will repay you. . .

(( I notice that in Y!A there are those who are easily mislead by a hypocrite ))

does a prayer solve us paying 50,000 a year to prison a violent criminal only to be let out to thug again ? that 50,000 a year times 10 years ? do you know how many small biz can start up with that money that are already hard worken honest tax payers to begin with ? the cost of welfare to people having more kids making a carear out of it - instead of just inbetween jobs ? friviouless law suits that shut large and small biz down in a blink of an eye ? to let the same people collect benifits and at the same time cant even walk down their so called street without being robbed - jumped - ganged up on or killed or raped ? to not even put up a fence across the whole border - with all the gangs and drug dealers and traffic human cyotes ? no - a simple prayer doesant work without drastic change and consequences that pertain to the good tax payer see - thats what i see - exterminate criminals 6 months or less - that would send a huge impact message we arent screwing around - while the regular tax payers houses are forclosing - the dishonest are winning - and the free hand outs days are over - nothing is free - never was - never should have been - now its extorsion

Separate church and state. Stick with science and reason. It's legit to ask people to pray for you and their country, but it's not okay to lead the prayers. Basically ALL of the GOP/Teabag/Fox 'News'/Jesus freak party candidates are trying to use religion to get a few votes. Eisenhower, Nixon and Jerry Ford didn't do that. Lincoln certainly didn't hold prayer meetings in public and wasn't even much of a church goer. Neither was Teddy Roosevelt or Barry Goldwater. Now all of a sudden it's all Jesus all the time with these guys. Have any of these people ever read Matthew 6.5-6? Or, James 1.27? How about John 3.17 or Matthew 25? Take it from there and lay off tax breaks for the rich, union busting, war for fun and profit, beating up the poor, destroying the environment because you can and making war of women and gays. Who exactly are these people and who the hell do they work for? Not for the 95% of us that work for wages that's for sure!

People who hear God always find that God tells them what they want to hear to start with.

In Perrys' case God said no new taxes.

I'm less inclined to vote for them, God gets kicked to the curb with them when things go well, and dragged out when things are bad. Perry's last public prayer involve him speaking to a group who thinks that the First Amendment is for Christians only.

This is particularly stupid because it was added because of the Salomon family, who helped finance the Revolutionary War, they were Jewish and asked that religious freedom be assured.

Just the opposite.I tend to vote against anyone who would use the lord to enhance their political future.You're right about the water plan.30 years ago Texas spent millions on a study to bring water to parts of texas.They studied it,then put it in the bottom drawer and forgot about it.Now it will bite them in the @$$.Rick Perry is the worse thing that could happen to this republic.I know it's the worse thing that's happen to Texas.He's all suit and no body.he talks a good game,but don't deliver.

I'm extremely less likely to vote for any candidate that mixes politics with religion. The bible never laid out a plan for how the government should work, so anyone who thinks their political decisions are guided by christianity probably isn't actually a christian.

It doesn't change a bit my consideration for him

It's not if he prays or not that makes him a good/bad governor.

And in the case of Perry, the scale is all on the "good" part.

Amen

Less inclined. Prayers are for political invalids. Anybody who has a prayer meeting is encouraging the attendees to be sheep. The higher power Rick and his Republican friends want you to put faith in is the power of their owners.

That would depend on the politician. If he's a democrat, I wouldn't vote for them. If he's a republican I would have to do more research on their character and past dealings before deciding to vote for them or not.