It sounds to me like you've got a bit of an issue with affirmative action. A people shouldn't elect somebody just because it's something new. America's never had a black President before, but I don't think Obama was elected because he was black thankfully (although I do think that helped him some). Obama was elected because of his policies. So if there is a gay or Muslim or vegan person running than we should not vote for or against them based on what they are, but instead on what they try to make the people be. There also is no such thing as separation of church and state. To say that somebody should be accountable to the government before being accountable to their god is to make the government a divine being.