Romney Gets One Right
How long has it been since a republican took this particular stand? Unfortunately for Mitt, he just lost any hope of garnering votes from the fundie crowd. (Not that they ever accepted him as a viable contender anyways.)
Romney: No Religious Test for President
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney, confronting voters’ skepticism about his Mormon faith, declared Thursday that as president he would “serve no one religion, no one group, no one cause,” and said calls for him to explain and justify his religious beliefs go against the profound wishes of the nation’s founders.
At the same time, he decried those who would remove from public life “any acknowledgment of God,” and he said that “during the holiday season, nativity scenes and menorahs should be welcome in our public places.”
[...]“There are some who would have a presidential candidate describe and explain his church’s distinctive doctrines,” Romney said. “To do so would enable the very religious test the founders prohibited in the Constitution. No candidate should become the spokesman for his faith. For if he becomes president, he will need the prayers of the people of all faiths.”
