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s reputation for standing by principles. I trust you no more. br> -- Marc Hansen /p> p> Paul Chesser replies : br> I would just respond to the comments of this nature by saying this was not an effort to stifle anyone's opportunity to pursue the top office in the land, but to give a window into the thinking of many within a large bloc of voters. It's just a fact: many if not most evangelicals place eternal destiny above political considerations on their priority list, and issues that strike at the heart of what leads to salvation are at issue here. Religious liberty promises the freedom to exercise your religion; not to practice it and give you the right to hold elected office. /p>

There are many well-reasoned, intelligent and well-written defenses of a Romney (or Mormon) presidency (some included in this list of letters), and my experience with TAS has been that they believe in the free exchange of ideas and not the promotion of a single religious belief to the exclusion of others.

p> THE BEST KIND br> Re: James Bowman's

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