>>Yes, I would never vote for a Mormon as President, just as I would never vote for a Muslim or Buddhist, or anyone other than a Christian.
I hate to tell you this, but Mormons are Christians and unless you are here to announce you are Jesus Christ returned, you have no standing to judge us and declare otherwise.
>>I respect people's right to worship as they will, but I support only Christian candidates
>>because I want someone in there who believes what I believe.
Correction, you will only support those who fit your narrow definition of Christianity, who are you to say I do not believe in Christ?
>>If you think about it, you can't realistically separate the man's religion from his
>>political motivations, which means, basing one's vote for president, at least paritally,
>>on the person's religion is very valid. It certainly is not bigotry to do so.
Strange, I agree with you on “embryonic stem cell abortion”, Gay rights, and euthanasia, and I ‘m a Mormon.
Huh, I guess Religion does not dictate that stuff after all. As for me, a Mormon, All I have to say about Mitt Romney is … GO FRED!
IMHO you are a bigot for having religion make a difference for you in what should be a secular office. If your position was based on the candidate’s beliefs about government or his position on political issues, that would be valid, but you choose to make religion your decision point.
A couple more nails for this “Litmus test” coffin, if religion determines political alignment then we can count on all the Catholic politicians to be “pro life”, right? (Do I really need to start a list of catholic liberals?) Bill and Hillary are Baptists… do you agree with their positions politically?
Well, it’s a free country and you are free to vote your conscience, however, I am free to call a spade a spade, and in my opinion anyone advocating a religious litmus test is not attractive to the conservative cause.
That's right, I will only support those that fit my narrow definition of a Christian. That's my right. I do not believe that the office of the President should be secular. It should be held by someone who has a great fear of God and a great faith in Christ.
And you are a hypocrite. You wouldn't for a moment vote for a Wiccan or a Satan worshipper would you? Would you vote for a Shiite or Sunni or Wahhabist muslim? How about a Druid? How about an Atheist? Do you think someones choice in religion speaks about their character? Do you think character matters?
I'm sure there are many other religions that you would draw a line at and not vote for.
A candidate claiming to be a Christian is not all that matters, they should exemplify someone who has tried to live a Christian life. Everyone must make a judgement whether or not that candidate has done so, at least enough so that they can be trusted to follow Christian values. I don't think either Clinton would fall into those categories for me.
Hypocrite. Conservatism needs people to stand on principle. Something that you obviously can't do, otherwise, you would only vote for a Christian for President, as well.