“No one outside of my campaign is authorized to speak for me; nor will I speak for anyone outside my campaign; and under no circumstances will I avow or disavow another’s spiritual or secular beliefs or opinions, as every citizen is entitled to have them and express them freely under our Constitution.”
Let me pretend to be Santorum— as I would wish him to be— and then see how close he comes to it in reality:
The Preacher is correct, Mormonism is a cult, even my church recognizes it as such.
The cat is already out of the bag. The horse is already out of the barn.
“No one outside of my campaign is authorized to speak for me; nor will I speak for anyone outside my campaign; and under no circumstances will I avow or disavow another’s spiritual or secular beliefs or opinions, as every citizen is entitled to have them and express them freely under our Constitution.”
vs.
Santorum said: "We look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country and it is in shambles. It is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it."
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/santorum-benefits-from-mistaken-1361993.html
If he's comfortable talking about Protestantism, why shouldn't he be just as upfront about Mormonism?
Bravo! Very well said!
Sounds good. It would be even better if he stole it from you verbatim.