The issue is the lie. If a person would not vote for a Muslim, then that is their right--it's part of our system to have that right.

By lying, he betrays the system, thus the country. He claimed christianity in order to steal votes from people who purposefully vote for christians.

If a person lies about something like that, then there is an agenda. There is a REASON for the lie. Even if it's ONLY to steal votes, it's still wrong and still a person I wouldn't vote for (not that I voted for him anyway-- I didn't). But the fact of the matter is that there are other reasons for a Muslim to lie about his faith that are far more sinister and despicable.

Perhaps he did it ONLY to steal votes, but the fact that he did it at all leaves the suspicion of the even worse purposes full open for speculation, even expectation.