A lot of candidates this year, especially in the national races, are making a big deal about how religious they are. Some claim to be evangelical - fundamentalist - Christians, and others just quietly say, "I'm a Christian." Those who claim to be evangelicals range from Mike Huckabee, whose faith seems to be sincere, to Mitt Romney, who wouldn't recognize sincerity if it walked up and smote him on the other cheek.
There is a big difference, though, between religiosity and spirituality. Religions are the result of taking spirituality and fencing it in with rules and dogmas. Spirituality is the deep-felt need inside each one of us for relationship with the Universal (or the Divine, or God, or Allah, or whatever particular name your language and culture use for it). Since each one of us is a part of that Universal, spirituality also encompasses our need for relationship with each other - and for relationship with our own deepest nature, our spirit.
For me, in this race, spirituality is about integrity. It's important for the people representing you to have a strong spiritual foundation. With that foundation, they will not need to give in to the powerful and wealthy corporate forces that own most members of Congress and that divert those members from their sworn duty to the people they represent. With that foundation, your representatives will act out of integrity - that is, their actions will match their words. Is that too much to ask of those who represent you?
People with a strong spiritual foundation know that this world is transitory. They know that, as Jesus once asked, "What will it profit a (person) if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?" They know that the profits offered to them by this corrupt political system are, in the end, worth far less than their own integrity and the respect of their constituents. And they know, like Senator Paul Wellstone, that even the threat of losing their life is not as important as staying true to their soul and spirit.
In honor to my promise of openness, my own spiritual path is Wicca. I am certified as an elder priest in that faith by a national organization, the Covenant of the Goddess. I am the leader of a small Wiccan community in Austin, and I am a Wiccan delegate to Austin Area Interreligious Ministries. As a Wiccan, my primary allegiance in this lifetime is to this planet and the life on it. As a Green, I say the same thing.