At CPAC, candidates decry President Obama's 'war on religion'

[rug]

By David Horsey

February 11, 2012, 8:26 a.m.
President Obama is trying to accommodate Catholic bishops on birth control, but at CPAC, Republican presidential candidates still ranted about his assault on religion.

At the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on Friday, Newt Gingrich warned that Obama would “declare war” on the Catholic Church if he were reelected.

Mitt Romney, who in recent days has been decrying Obama’s “war on religion,” pledged that he would “reverse every single Obama regulation that attacks our religious liberty and threatens innocent human life in this country.”

Rick Santorum said the proposed mandate requiring all employers, including religious organizations, to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives is the kind of coercion that threatens religious freedom. Santorum’s remarks were restrained compared to what he had to say at a gathering in Texas on Wednesday. There, he accused progressives of trying to “oppress people of faith.”

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-cpac-candidates-20120211,0,7434277.story

[Angry Dragon]

1. Why should my tax dollars support these heathen Christians??

Property taxes for a start

[cbayer]

2. This is what makes these guys particularly lame.

Even the Bishops are happy with the change, but these candidates think they can still use if as a tool.

They seem so short sighted in targeting such a narrow audience and just keep moving further and further rightward.

OTOH, that's good news for our side.