Mitt Romney stood up in front of a bunch of presumably rich and presumably white Texans today for the sole purpose of defending himself as a Mormon.
And while I certainly think that followers of any religion should be willing and able to intelligently defend their beliefs daily (as too few believe too much while thinking too little), the point remains that this is a free country, and a man is allowed to believe what he wishes. The only thing more strong than our constitutional conviction of this is our rock-solid belief that elected officials should not be elected or tested for their religion, or lack thereof.
Still, enough people out there care about their president’s religion, and believe that Christianity is the only means by which a person may behave justly and morally, that this poor man, like Kennedy, has to convince them that his “unChristian” beliefs won’t effect his morality.
What a country.
Read the speech here: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23830
Read my full column about it here: http://markcaseyonline.com/?p=31
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