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1. Secular humanist
2. Although it is possible to manipulate reason to make a government do something for you at the expense of others, it is much easier to manipulate religion to do this. Hence, I fear that religious influence in government can only increase corruption. I also fear religious influence because I think that many people use religion as a way to justify their irrational beliefs rather than challenge them. Sometimes it's not even that they follow religious dogma in doing so, but rather their own peculiar, subjective, and often hateful religious paradigms. I don't think that governmental decisions should be based in such irrational and sometimes dangerous beliefs.
3. I think that a successful society is one in which personal initiative is rewarded, and where attempts to prosper at the expense of others fail. I think that if people cannot love their fellow citizens, that they should at least tolerate things that don't impact their own lives directly. I think that power should be diffuse, and that corruption should be taken seriously both by the system and the people. I think all people are responsible for doing what is within their means to support themselves and society as a whole.
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