“I could not and many others coult not as well.”
Thank you for not dancing around the issue. Every American is free to vote as they wish, obviously. That you would openly sanction this action with a fringe group of your friends is something for which you all should be held to task.
I wish more Americans understood why your views are wrong, and would stand up and vigorously object to the development of “approved religions”. Our founding fathers had to grapple with this issue. Their conclusion was freedom - absolute freedom of religion.
You and your friends on the thread are suggesting candidates, and people should be judged primarily, and sometimes solely by their religion, and then get increasingly angry at me for pointing out how abhorrent to constitutional principles your views are, and how ridiculous it is, as a group to advocate for this.
Your views marginalize conservatism, and our Constitution.
I believe that your view is truly destructive to the republic - once we segregate into our own religious enclaves, we become little better than the savages in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I defend your right to express your views, but your views are abhorrent, anti-American, and unconstitutional, and not in any way Conservative.
Why thank you.
You still continue to shill for Romney by accusations against those of us who oppose the BHO clone as un-American.
What part of Romney is who he is BECAUSE of his mormonISM do you not understand?
There is nothing in Romney’s DNA that would allow him to be conservative. He is not conservative BECAUSE he is a mormon.
His mormonISM is his core.
All candidates have at their core their beliefs.
Your core is your belief structure, which apparently is that if some doesn’t lock step to your thoughts they are un-American taliban types.
You go ahead and be lock step with Romney and mormonISM, you have a right to do that.
I have a right as an American to call you out on it.
Exactly. bttt
"....But some of the people who imagine they’re honest skeptics only pretend their questions are about politics, when they’re really about mocking religious belief........" ~ Wesley Pruden - editor emeritus of The Washington Times.
78posted on Monday, January 16, 2012 9:49:22 AM by Matchett-PI
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"The last time we elected a Good Christian was Jimmy Carter a former Southern Baptist.. Sorry religion does not matter to me. In fact I’m going to use the idiot logic here.. I won’t vote for a person who is a Southern Baptist..
61posted on Thursday, December 29, 2011 8:50:01 PM by KevinDavis
Substitue moslem for mormon and tell me you wouldn’t be just a tad apprehensive about applying some kind of personal “religious test” to the candidate?
That you would openly sanction this action with a fringe group of your friends is something for which you all should be held to task.
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First, we are not fringe - take a look around there are many more on here who realize Mitt’s religion IS an issue. Second my views are not wrong. I am a Christian before I am a Republican and as a Christian I cannot sanction voting for someone who lacks basic spiritual discernment and insults my Savior. I will not vote for a cultist.
I have never said they don’t have a right to practice Mormonism, but I have the SAME right to speak out against it. Freedom of religion works both ways. Yet you want to silence us because you don’t like what we are saying. How liberal of you.
Also, you seem to forget that the Constitution states that the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (not even the states) cannot impose a religious test, individuals can and many states had a religious test for decades after the Constitution was ratified.
Point out where I said that candidates should be judged SOLELY on their religion. I don’t care if Mitt came out and left Mormonism and became a Baptist, I STILL wouldn’t vote for him because he would still be a lying scumbag.
Your views are anti-Christian and anti-American since you seem to want to silence my right to freedom of religion, freedom of conscience and freedom of speech. Not conservative at all.
Mitt WILL destroy this country if he gets the nomination, either by handing it over to Obama or through his liberalism.