In the 2016 primaries ones of the leaked tricks the democratic machine wanted to use to kill Bernie Sanders is by trying to expose him as an atheist. Sickening. The idea that someone who can see reality as it is is penalised for their atheist beliefs is so absurd that sometimes it’s hard to believe it’s really 2024.
As for Kamala, she will almost certainly suggest she is but she and most other democrats would in my opinion not be truly religious in the same way that many republicans are. That’s probably a good thing because we need to keep religion out of government.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000