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  • Helen Thomas: Keep relgion out of politics

    12/14/2007 8:05:43 AM PST · by SmithL · 101 replies · 182+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | 12/14/7 | Helen Thomas
    Let's keep religion out of the presidential campaign, if possible. I say, to each his own. Let's rejoice that the founding fathers established a secular nation and that no one has to publicly defend his or her beliefs. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney -- put on the defensive because of his Mormon faith -- recently felt compelled to explain his religion to skeptical voters. So he tore a page out of John F. Kennedy's 1960 campaign appearance before a group of Protestant ministers in Houston. At the time, Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, had to dispel rumors that he would be...