Running on religion

At least since Jimmy Carter, there's been a tradition of presidential candidates who make a religious testimony part of their campaign. Ironically, sodomite Pete Buttigieg is doing the same thing. 

The danger of a candidate making a religious testimony part of his campaign is a cynical manipulation of religion to help get elected. Religious posturing and pandering. 

Part of the problem is the tradition of asking people to talk about their religious experience rather than asking them to explain how their religious views impact their positions and policies. Instead of having the candidate talk about himself and what religion (allegedly) means to him, it would be much better for candidates explain how their religion informs their positions on social ethics, law, and policy. As a fringe benefit, that's a better test of how deeply they think actually about religion.