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Let us talk about bigotry here for a moment. Are we saying that Joe Lieberman can never run for POTUS because he is a Jew, not a Christian? Why is Harry Reid, another Mormon, allowed to be Majority Leader in the Senate? What about Orrin Hatch? Shouldn't he be thrown out of office. What about Joe Biden? If memory serves, he is not a Christian, but I could be wrong. What about all the non-religious secularists in elective office? Should they be precluded from being in the government on religious grounds. I mean, I can make a good argument that most of these folks should be thrown out of office, but their religious beliefs will not have a thing to do with it.

Perhaps someone can point me to that part of the Constitution, or our other founding documents, that suggest that a particular brand of Christian, or a particular list of brands of Christianity will be, or should be the only ones allowed as a prerequisite to being the President of our country. Would not the current argument have excluded Thomas Jefferson, who was a Deist? Is there anywhere in the Federalist Papers that it suggests a religious test should be included in the requirements for POTUS?

It is my contention that the general election for POTUS in November of next year is going to be a lot closer than currently prognosticated. I also believe that the contest is highly winnable by a Republican. I can also support, in certain select cases, the idea that the Republican might be so similar to the Democrat at to not making it worth going to the polls, but that only applies, in my mind, to two Republicans, and has nothing to do with religion. I believe that this country may well be at an important crossroads in our history. I would be livid if it was shown that folks on my side, that I have so much in common with, that I am so much in sympathy with, were to throw the election to the Democrat by staying home and not voting simply because of religious bigotry -- because they refuse to admit that a Mormon is a Christian. Yes, I have deliberately used the word "bigot" and "bigotry," because that is exactly what it is. I know that we have now decided that there is a whole list of words that we can't use for fear of "offending" someone. I know that we have decided that sticks and stones don't hurt us, but words do. All that PC bull has curtailed our ability to express ourselves in clear and understandable English. When you single out one particular Christian sect and decide to write them out of Christianity, that is religious bigotry. I am not talking about a true cult. We all know what they are, and who they are, so don't bother trying to throw that red herring into this discussion, the LDS church is NOT a cult.

If you don't think Romney should be President because he flip-flops, fine. If you don't like him because you don't believe that he is sincere about being pro-life now, fine. If you don't like him because you don't trust anyone who managed to win elective office in the socialist state of Massachusetts, fine. There are other legitimate issues where you may part company with Gov. Romney, but let us, on our side, not succumb to bigotry, name calling, and guilt by group association. Let the Dems do that, they specialize in that sort of thing and are experts at it. Let us judge on individual merit. Can the individual do the job? He did organize and successfully run the Olympics, an event notorious for being a complete boondoggle and money eater. He brought it in on time and on budget. He has run a large commercial enterprise, and thus knows what running a successful business is all about. He has been a Governor of a fairly large state. Well, it was Massachusetts, but still, it was something. Let's lose the religious bigotry. Send it over to the DailyKos where secular humanism and atheism are their religions, and they are determined that no practicing, observant Christian or Jew will win an election, or govern if they do win.

p>OK, end of rant. br> -- Ken Shreve br> A Christian, and proud of it /p> p> Be careful what you wish for, you may get it. Oregon sent a very fine Mormon to Washington, Senator Gordon Smith. It ruined him. He sold his soul to the devil. He's drifting farther to the left every day. He is now a regrettable embarrassment to the Conservative cause. br> -- Richard T. Judge br> Gresham, Oregon /p> p>

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