US Senator Joe Lieberman was chosen by Al Gore to be his vice-presidential running mate in the 2000 presidential election. Lieberman is an Orthodox Jew, but many of his political positions show no evidence of his religious allegiance, as noted in this report from LifeNews.com:
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Lieberman (D-CT) toured a nanotechnology company on Tuesday. During an interview following the tour, he said he would "rescind the Bush administration restrictions on stem cell research." In August 2001, President Bush prohibited federal funding of any new embryonic stem cell research conducted after that date. Lieberman is one of the leading Democratic presidential candidates and favors abortion.
One wishes he would take his own tradition more seriously as he considered his stance on such issues. Otherwise it is difficult not to conclude that he has compartmentalized his weekday life from his sabbath life.
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