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Originally Posted by jaysay
Politics and religion shouldn't mix if it didn't their would be less trouble in the world, or maybe no trouble at all  |
It depends what you mean by "politics" and "religion" .
At their best they can mix well .
For example , William Wilberforce was a politician whose conversion to evangelical Anglicanism led him to head the parliamentary campaign against the British slave trade .
Also , Martin Luther King , a prominent Baptist minister , played a leading role in the American civil rights movement using non-violent civil disobedience .
On the other hand there was the mix of "religion" and "politics" in Northern Ireland which was , on the whole , a disaster .
But even there there was the Catholic M.P. , John Hume , a recipient of the Gandhi Peace Prize and the Martin Luther King Award , who was one of the architects of the Northern Ireland peace process .
Also , David Trimble M.P. , a prominent member of the Protestant Orange Order and leader of the UUP , played a key role in the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement .
John Hume and David Trimble went on to be co-recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize .