Mitt Romney and Religion

Photo from source, Las Vegas Gleaner

Yeah, the big Mitt Romney religion speech was quite a while ago, but I found this post (from a fellow Las Vegas blogger) dissecting the thing, and I thought it deserved some attention. Plus, this guy has a great blog, and who doesn't need more bloggy goodness? Read on. . .

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Willard declares jihad on secularists

. . ."Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom."

Translation: Only people who believe in some complicated web of myths — say, as an example, the myth that a charlatan and plagiarist was visited by an angelic descendant of the planet Kolob bearing golden tablets — are capable of working toward economic and social justice and the defense and promotion of individual rights. Don't believe in god magic? Bad American! No freedom for you! . . .

Read more at: Las Vegas Gleaner

UPDATE: By the way, has anybody had it up to here with the injection of religion into this Presidential primary season? Religion and politics are both contentious issues for discussion, but are supposed to be kept separate in practice. And in law. Enough already. I want a freakin' atheist in office after the pandering from the current crowd of contenders.