Mitt Romney is trying to play the faith card in his next speech entitled, "Faith in America." He is going to address his Mormonism in a speech at State College, Texas.
In the article in the New York Times it stated that according to a recent poll not many Americans would vote for a Mormon. Hmm.. I wonder if the popular HBO tv show Big Love has anything to do with that reasoning. In any case, Rommney is trying to play up his faith (brings me back Bush's campagin). What I find strange is that faith even comes into play at all during presidential elections. America is the land of freedom of religion. Not everyone in America is Christian....okay well the majority of Americans are Christians. That's exactly my point, the majority of Americans are Christians, but that means not EVERYONE.
I just think that faith should stay out of the government. Leading a country based on certain religious values is not going to serve everyone, and will especially not help relations with other non-Chrisitian countries (ahem....the Middle East).
I pulled this quote because it kind of made me laugh, "share his views on religious liberty, the grand tradition religious tolerance has played in the progress of our nation and how the governor’s own faith would inform his presidency if he were elected.” Inform his presidency? So God is going to tell him how to run the United States? I guess Rommney is trying to bring back "In God We Trust."
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