Brenden Jehlicka, Grand Forks, letter: Mock treats voters’ beliefs with ‘scorn’

GRAND FORKS — If there is any candidate North Dakota cannot afford to elect this fall, it is state Rep. Corey Mock, D-Grand Forks, the Democrat running for secretary of state.

In his Oct. 2, 2007, column for the Dakota Student, which ran under the headline “The difference between God and religion,” Mock argues that people who believe in God are fooling themselves and fail to question their own beliefs.

His tone is insulting and offensive. He treats the religious like blind sheep. By implication, he seems to look down on the voters of this state, many of whom are religious.

If Mock is going to treat North Dakotans’ deepest beliefs with scorn, he certainly does not deserve their vote on Election Day.

Brenden Jehlicka

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