Posted on 10/18/2011 3:22:31 PM PDT by greyfoxx39
Hearing Mitt Romney’s surrogate Bill Bennett refer to me as a bigot and Jon Huntsman call me a “moron” last week after my controversial comments on Mormonism, amid calls for civility and tolerance in public discourse, reminds me of the exclamation: “We will not tolerate intolerance!”
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Any candidate who claims his religion has no influence on his decisions is either a dishonest politician or a shallow follower of his faith.
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I realize I might very well end up voting for Romney if he is the Republican nominee. While I prefer a competent Christian over a competent non-Christian, religion is not the only consideration in choosing a candidate.
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At this point we have the opportunity to select both a competent leader and a committed Christian. I predict secularists are going to be continually frustrated over the next 13 months as religion continues to be a part of the national political debate. America is filled with religious people, and to religious people, religion matters.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Does this article mention Rev Wright??
Click the link. WAPO must be excerpted.
Yes.
interesting. Amazing that the rag printed it. or is it web-only
Post away but Perry sealed his own fate with extremely poor performances. He’ll absolutely not be the nominee.
As for what this particular pastor thinks, I really couldn’t care less.
IB4RB and IB4AC
I have no problem with jeffres promoting his (wacko) religious views. But any candidate for national office that knowingly associates with him is being very foolish.
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