In her letter to the editor, Republican Brandi Bradley asserts that her values “are in alignment with the Judeo-Christian values that our country was founded on as stated in the Declaration of Independence.” This assertion is false.

The United States was founded by Enlightenment-inspired thinkers who valued reason and skepticism. If the Framers had wanted to establish the United States based on religious principles, they would have said so in the Constitution, the founding document of our nation. Instead, they did the opposite, adopting the first written constitution in history that is godless and did not claim to be inspired by a divinity, and whose only references to religion are exclusionary. That is why they drafted a Constitution and a First Amendment that effectively builds “a wall of separation between church and state.”

Ms. Bradley constantly quotes scripture in her duties as an elected official, which is a clear violation of the separation of church and state envisioned by our Founding Fathers — who were largely Deists, not specifically Christian. If she is unable to serve the interests of all of her constituents, a large portion of which are atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers, and skeptics — without favoritism of her own superstitious beliefs — she should resign. Her constant appeals to supernatural writings are concerning to those of us who live in this century, not in the second century. Her morality is no better than believers in other gods, followers of other religions, or the non-religious.

It's hard not to notice a continued bias on her part against the LGBT+ community and a bias toward electing others who share her religious worldview — this is the opposite of what our Constitution demands from our elected leaders.

Craig Mason

Highlands Ranch

Vice president, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Denver Area Chapter