2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMitt Romney: Church State Separation Taken Too Far By Some
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney believes that "some" Americans have taken the separation of church and state too far, "well beyond its original meaning."
In an interview released Tuesday with the Washington National Cathedral's magazine, Cathedral Age, Romney said those who "seek to remove from the public domain any acknowledgment of God" aren't acting in line with the Founders' intent.
The separation of church and state is enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution, but Congress and the courts have debated the practical extent of that separation since its founding.
Romney said the Founders didn't intend for "the elimination of religion from the public square. We are a nation 'Under God, 'and in God, we do indeed trust."
President Barack Obama also was given a chance to answer questions about his Christian faith and about faith in public life. He called faith a "powerful force for good," but stopped short of suggesting that its influence in America had been forcibly diminished in recent years.
Romney, who is Mormon, didn't mention his faith by name during the nine-page interview, but acknowledged that, "I am often asked about my faith and my beliefs about Jesus Christ. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Savior of mankind."
"Every religion has its own unique doctrines and history," he said, and "these should not be bases for criticism but rather a test of our tolerance."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/21/mitt-romney-separation-church-state_n_1817764.html
........smh
no_hypocrisy
(46,122 posts)Got a link to that info please?
Thanks, sorry about the link, It should be there now
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/21/mitt-romney-separation-church-state_n_1817764.html
liberal N proud
(60,336 posts)Welcome to DU.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)Marriage plank writer Perkins. ONLY couples in a religious ceremony, gay and straight, can be married. All other couples will get Civil Unions.
Discrimination based on LACK of religion. After all marrage is holy, sacred, sacrament, instituted by GOD, perferably Jesus.
Gays Civil MARRIAGE, and I am sure, straights will too. Don't these Republicans realize they are advocating their own Sharia Law, just calling it something different?
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)What religions will be allowed to hold ceremonies? Unitarian? Scientology? What about Muslims?
amb123
(1,581 posts)because they can be taken too far by some.
BY BASTARDS LIKE YOU!!
Every day the GOP proves Barry Goldwater wrong when he said, "Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice."
Extremism in the defense of Liberty DESTROYS LIBERTY!
There is NO FREEDOM WITHOUT CHURCH/STATE SEPARATION.
WestSeattle2
(1,730 posts)introduce Mormonism to American children.
Thanks for you vote!
Mittens
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)How about we call that "mission time"?
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)because, in a monumental case of pot calling kettle black, many Christians consider Mitt's religion to be a cult -- just the kind of thing they'd like to eliminate if they can realize their dream of finally making this a "Christian nation".
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)He'd have to address the fact that the evangelicals think he's part of a cult.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)He'll say anything, do anything, and hide anything, to get elected.
WestSeattle2
(1,730 posts)is slipping away, and it's really his last shot at the prize. Abject failure is waiting for him on November 6th.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Just think of all those tax dollar state sponsored LDS missionaries spreading "the gospel" across the globe!
Splinter Cell
(703 posts)The last thing we need is batshit crazy cult doctrine seeping into government. lol
dmallind
(10,437 posts)Separation is ok unless it's YOUR church being separated, to far too many.