Voted NOTA. The President's religion shouldn't matter, as long as he/she doesn't govern according to his/her beliefs.
If I had to pick one to be concerned about it, it would be the evangelical, since I'm a gay, pro-feminist, social liberal. Yes, I'd be more concerned about an evangelical POTUS than a Muslim POTUS, as no Muslim would get anywhere in the US politically by supporting Sharia Law.
These kind of statements need to go and crawl in a pit and never return. Barely any American muslims would want this. If I was in leadership, my religion would have no influence on my policy. That's personal. Hate me because of my policy and immaturity and idiocy, not because of my religion, of which I would never use to oppress or harm anyone.
Settle down. There was nothing anti-Muslim about that statement. (Though I understand why someone could interpret it as anti-evangelical). I clearly stated a Muslim president would be fine, as any Muslim elected POTUS would not govern based on religion. I appreciate that Muslim-Americans are well-educated and assimilated, and many are supportive of such issues as gay marriage. The Muslim community in this country tends to understand that this country is supposed to respect diversity.
A Pence-style evangelical POTUS, on the other hand, would be a huge threat to social liberty, and not something to be desired by anyone concerned about women's rights, gay rights, or human rights in general. And evangelical President, unlike a Muslim one, could easily be under the illusion that he speaks for a "moral majority", and has some divine obligation to govern as such.
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