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br> -- Dave Livingston br> Life member, MOPH (Military Order of the Purple Heart) br> Colorado Springs, Colorado ('bout 10 miles from Dobson's Focus on the Family facility) /p>

Obviously, there are those on the 'right' that incorrectly assume that 'religious right' voters all follow James Dobson as if we were a bunch of sheep. Republican leadership is sadly mistaken if they believe that 'religious right voters can be pigeon holed into any one group. Democrats have made the mistake for years with black voters thinking that all blacks follow Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton's lead. I consider myself a 'religious right' voter and at this moment in time I would support Rudy as the GOP candidate. I know many conservative religious right voters that feel the same way. Rudy only needs to come around on the immigration question and take a concrete stand against amnesty in any form or fashion and he will win the GOP nomination hands down. As a conservative Christian I disagree with Rudy's views on homosexuals and abortion, but over all a liberal point of view in these two areas is not nearly as dangerous as a more lenient view on immigration, tax increases, spending, and increasing the government's involvement in the economy. As for James Dobson, I know no one that seeks his counsel in how to cast their vote.

p>It is far more dangerous to America and particularly Christians to have a democrat president and a democrat congress than it is to have a three time married man that is pro-choice and pro-gay marriage, but is solid in his execution of conservative principles in other areas. br> -- Lee Schafer br> New Caney Texas /p>

Don't we always stay behind. Isn't that what the Moral Majority did after they were dissatisfied with the Reagan administration they helped elect? Isn't that what the Christian Coalition did after they were dissatisfied with the Republican Congress they helped put into place? Isn't that what we all have done with Bush and Republicans in general?

The Dems know that we demand our way or the highway. They run smear campaigns with the sole intention of turning us away from the poles. And they definitely use government to persecute any right-winger who uses churches the way they do.

I am a Mormon who has just realized that I am not really welcome amongst other religious conservatives. Too many just won't even consider the Mormon candidate. It is one thing to look at him, like I have, and be afraid that he really isn't conservative. But refusing to look at him?

But, as I hear him give stump speeches that take the form of fireside chats, hold the religion, and run ads that use famous Mormon phrases like "This is the place!", I have realized that the main problem is that none of the candidates are talking in the right language. Romney may not realize what he is doing. There are definitely not enough Mormons to target a national campaign towards us. It is part of him. Likewise Bush used language that was part of him, not calculated code words to send messages like the left does.

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