[verum ago]

From the perspective of voting by religion, I'll take the Mormon over the Marxist any day.

The Mormon part doesn't bother me in the least. A vote for Romney isn't a vote for Mormonism. It's not like Romney, if elected president, is going to make Mormonism the state religion.

If you're going to vote with religion as your top issue, then vote for the candidate more likely to protect religious freedoms and curtail government assaults on the practice of religion and its values. I think it's pretty obvious which man is the better choice.

Now, the candidate with the best stance on religion isn't Romney or Obama, but a third party (obviously). But determining the best choice of candidate has a practical aspect to it. Voting for a third party candidate is a nice way to state your stance to the world (albeit anonymously) and show your rejection of the major parties. However, if voting for a third party increases the chances of putting a Godless Marxist F*** like Obama back in office, I'm not going to do that. I'd rather put Romney in office and put actual conservatives in the House and Senate to check his centrist tendencies then increase the odds of putting someone back in office who is actively attacking religion.

We live in a practical world. Don't lose sight of that– Obama would love to use Faith as a weapon against the Faithful to get himself reelected by discouraging people from voting for Romney (the only viable alternative to Obama) based on his religion.

[Kimmers]

well said

[Colofornian]

We live in a practical world. Don't lose sight of that– Obama would love to use Faith as a weapon against the Faithful to get himself reelected by discouraging people from voting for Romney (the only viable alternative to Obama) based on his religion.

Exactly...we live in a practical world...

And unless you live in a genuine swing state, your pragmatic vote for somebody like Romney in a blue state -- or against Obama in a red state -- won't effect the electoral outcome in about 40 states...

So vote for Virgil Goode if you don't live in a purple state...

...and even then, if you can't stand voting for either of the pro-aborts or either of the healthcare socialists or Mitt the "god in embryo"...

After all, pragmatism is something...but it's not the end all...

[D-fendr]

Well thought out and well and concisely put. Pulls it all together on the question.

thanks..

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Bless you for posting sense in a thread soiled by a mouth-foamer.

[napscoordinator]

The Mormon part doesn’t bother me in the least.

If Romney made Mormonism the state religion, I could accept that WAY more than if Obama made Islam the state religion. Good Lord...no contest.