[strongbow]

Mea Culpa, I hate eating crow but I assumed that from Blaze he was mormon. His argument I do not agree with. Come to grips with this, we do not live in a Christian nation. I contribute mostly to Cruz but I don’t think he will carry the nomination. Would I rather have a secular president who favors Christians or a anti- Christian who would persecute the church like klinton? Rhetorical question but I hope you understand my point. This election is about the survival of a free country not a resurrected Christian nation in my view.

[BlackElk]

That is all I was asking. I want people to address issues on the merits and not on what religion a pundit or candidate may adhere to. I despise Romney as much as I can despise any man but it is on the merits not because of his Mormonism. I find many Mormon beliefs quite strange but I have known and admired every Mormon I have ever met. Most are diligent, upstanding moral folks who would make good neighbors and friends. Romney is a lifelong pro-abort (like his daddy and mommy) who profited from disposing of the broken bodies of abortion victims. I think of him as little better if at all than those wonderful folks who were tried at Nuremberg. He is also a gun grabber, a serial liar, a "gay""marriage" enabler, none of which are consistent with Mormonism. Just as my Catholic Church should be ashamed of not excommunicating Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Rosa DeLauro and so many of their pro-abort ilk, likewise the Mormons should be ashamed of not excommunicating Mitt Romney. Glenn Beck is not Romney. Not perfect but not Romney.

Like you, I prefer Cruz but would, in the finals, prefer a secular candidate who favors Christians (and other folks of sincere faith) over whatever heathen is nominated by the Demonrats? You bet.

AND you are right that this election is about the survival of our free country (badly damaged but almost vaguely still salvageable for freedom) and not a "resurrected Christian nation" in my view as well.

I also do not believe that we were never a specifically Christian nation although I regard myself as a Christian, but that, without regard to denomination, we were always in the early days a God-fearing nation in which citizens were free not to believe.

Many Founding Fathers were Deists. Some may have been agnostic. None of the Founders were Jews to the best of my knowledge but no less than George Washington, as President, wrote to a Jewish congregation in either Rhode Island or South Carolina to assure the members that they too were fully citizens of this nation and that their worship of the one true God was welcome here. I don't have the exact quote but that is the gist.

Does your screen name intentionally relate to Irish history? I have often wondered.

May God bless you and yours!