The issue is not whether a person of Mormon faith is fit for the White House or whether a Mormon is a Christian. Rather, the issue is that none of the candidates currently running (including Obama) say what they mean and mean what they say. Do they stand for anything, other than obtaining, maintaining, or increasing their power? For more analysis.please visit my blog:
Lindsay Boerma does right by the topic at hand, giving us a clear understanding of Huntsman's disdain for the bubbling anti-Mormonism within the GOP party. After an insult is hurled at the ironically-named 'Values Voter Summit' by some hee haw preacher, the former ambassador sets down the line in the sand, telling his audience that our country is bigger than that and can tolerate different points of view - as he has in his own family religious practice. Huntsman is that rare, moderate Republican in the old style: willing to try to understand the diverse viewpoints of a potential constituency that any president, once elected, must serve. He could do it. It takes intelligence, courage and that ever-elusive element seemingly rare these days on the campaign circuit - common sense.
Ok Mr. Huntsman, you've thrown down the gauntlet. And I respond. First, demand the nation focus on what's important, which is not your religion. Or Mitt Romneys' religion. Or Bachmann's, or anybody elses'. In fact, decry anybodys' curiosity into your religion, tell us all it's private and none of our business. Period. Assure us there is NO religious test for office. It's not a mormon sideshow. It's a religious one.
This is a media driven story to tar and feather Christians. This "pastor" is an idiot to make a statement at a political forum. Liberals and progressives make idiot statements and the media prints nothing. I have my problem with the beliefs of Mormons but their community and family relations among themselves is something that those Christians like the pastor can learn from greatly in their personal lives.
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http://www.leadfootedrabbit.com/2011/10/dear-friend-invited-me-to-see-book-of.html
being offered by the Repug-Tea-Bagger-Bozo coalition
is a ridiculous sideshow ??????
Who is voting for this guy in the polls anyway?
Stick a fork in him, he's done.
We had this same thing with John F. Kennedy where some people feared that he would be controlled by the Catholic Church.
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Spot on. I wonder if most of the people commenting are too young to remember, or too senile to remember...
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