Romney On Faith

Romney's speech on faith in America, or How I learned to stop worrying and vote for a Mormon, (heh), is at 10:30 EST today. You can read excerpts here. It'll be live streamed here.

As stated previously, Romney's religion isn't an issue for me, nor do I think it should be an issue in the campaign. That type of discrimination strikes me as distinctly un-American. We could go back into history and judge many religions out of step with the times should we choose to. And so long as a religion isn't a threat to our secular democracy, we should give it wide berth when it comes to political affairs.

Comments

[seekeronos]

I wonder though how long it will be until the "no test/no establishment" clause begins to be interpreted as a test *against* religion (to disqualify a candidate for not being an atheist/non-theist).

I see it coming, where so-called "strong atheists" will clamour against any expression of faith in the public life whatsoever, quite in contradiction to the Bill of Rights.

Romney's Mormonism itself is no legal disqualifier for public service - but the sovereign people of the many united states of America reserve the right to voice their concern and withhold their vote from a candidate who in their eyes, is a member of a most deviant and deceptive cult, if they so choose.

[jj]

Dan, it's not so much Rommey's religion that bothers me about him, but his flip-flopping on the issues. I rather have a guy who I don't agree with on everything than have one who changes his or her mind at the whim of political expediency.