Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) -- Vote for me or burn in hell. I can't imagine someone running for office saying that. And yet four candidates -- Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum -- have said they had a sense that God was leading them to run. How far can we be from "vote for me or burn in hell" when it seems we're already comfortable with "vote for me, I've been called by God"? There was a time when if a candidate wanted to inject faith into a campaign he or she would be photographed going to church or shaking the Rev. Billy Graham's hand.
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LZ Granderson: Four GOP candidates say they felt called to run
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Candidates have grown bolder about using their religious faith to justify their campaigns, he says
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He asks why people don't push back and question claims of divine intervention
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Granderson: Democrats as well as Republicans wrongly inject faith into politics
Now I know it seems as if I'm picking on Republicans, but trust me, I'm equally disgusted by @placeholder who use religion to win elections.