As I continually am appalled at the religious comments coming out of the Huckabee campaign, I see Romney becoming the true religious conservative in the race. More and more Evangelicals are leaving the Huckabee campaign, many going to the Romney campaign. Why? Huckabee's views of church and state are oppressive rather than progressive. Huckabee would change the Constitution to fit his dogma. Meanwhile, Romney champions the diversity of religious thought in America and swears to uphold the Constitution above his religious beliefs.
Here are the candidate's positions, from their own mouths, concerning the matter.
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Huckabee scares me. If he is elected president, we're all screwed, IMO. I don't really have a big problem with Romney. I think he could be a very effective president. However:
"Any believer in religious freedom, any person who has knelt in prayer to the Almighty, has a friend and ally in me. And so it is for hundreds of millions of our countrymen: we do not insist on a single strain of religion - rather, we welcome our nation's symphony of faith."
What about those that don't believe in ANY religion? Can we count on Romney to defend the rights of non-believers?
I really liked Romney's speech he gave. The only one thing that could have made it better was to address the non-believers. However, I don't think that was the focus of his speech. His goal seemed to be to convince other Christians that he was essentially one of them. He wasn't trying to convince non-believers.
Based on Romney's record, and the LDS beliefs I presume he has, people can worship (or not worship) "how, where, or what they may." I just don't see Romney belittling the non-believers.
Aside from this, there is one thing I do like about Romney. Though he holds the conservative mantra to make an amendment defining marriage, he has done much to promote tolerance to the gay community. He realizes they are people just like any other citizen and deserve respect. That's why he wasn't opposed to civil unions.
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