With Gov. Mitt Romney's poll numbers slipping, the Republican nominee is appealing to the Christian right in hopes of shoring up his base.
"I will not take God out of the public square, and I will not take it out of the platform of my party," Romney said in Ohio on Monday, echoing earlier remarks in Virginia on Saturday. "I will not take God off our coins and I will not take God out of my heart."
Over the weekend, evangelical leader Pat Robertson—who has charged that President Obama has Muslim allegiances and has advised a man to beat his wife—enjoyed a private meeting with the former Massachusetts Governor. Robertson also attended a recent Romney rally.
Gov. Romney is "trying to use God in a last ditch effort to fool Evangelical right-wing Christians, Fox News viewers into thinking somehow they're fighting against a president who is anti-Christian," said Fred Schaeffer, a former Christian conservative who has turned his back on the movement. "This is a lie."
The Obama campaign responded with incredulity. "The president believes as much that God should be taken off a coin as he does that aliens will attack Florida," Press Secretary Jay Carney said. "It’s an absurd question to be raised.”
Schaeffer added that Romney's platform also seemed particularly un-Christian due to its plan to cut so many social services.
"He's betting on Christian conservatives, but is he really just running on a wing and a prayer?" PoliticsNation host Rev. Al Sharpton said.
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I don't care what religion a candidate has, but what ever happened to separation of Church & State? Let's keep it separate!!!
Not only separation of church and state...but he's so STUPID that he can't even see he's pandering to the ignorant base he's already got locked up! I swear, I thought Palin was dumb...well she was....he's really starting to rival Palin, they're about to be neck and neck. He must be extraordinarily fearful that he's about to lose his teabagger base. Really?!? Where exactly does he expect them to go? Obama? LMAOOOOOOOOOO! I guess he's afraid they'll just stay home.
I hope someone in the Obama camp is keeping up with all the slander against this president!!! He should sue the living crap out of all of them especially these right wing christian nuts!!!!! I believe in freedon of speech but we also have a responsibility to those freedoms. It is hard to sit back and listen to ALL the freaking LIES these people spin without blowing a gasket! I don't know how Pres Obama maintains his cool. He has more patience than I have!
If Romney wants to go there, he is going to have to explain to these right wing Christians why Mormons don't accept the deity of Jesus and why they believe he is no more a god than any right thinking Mormon will be after they die and get their planet. The theology of Mormonism and the theology of the Evangelical Right is very much at odds with each other. If he wants to make religion a political issue, he'd better be prepared that the fallout may not be his idea of Heaven...er, Planet Kolob on Earth.
I concur Walt!
Don't most, if not all, mainstream Christian denominations consider the people who believe in the Mormon faith to be heretics?
As long as he says he is against abortion, gay marriage, and privatization of all social services, he could be Druid (except Druids seem to be pro-choice and willing to perform same sex marriages. Not sure about their stand on privatization.)
Evangelical Christians do not believe Mormons are Christians - any who do simply do not know their own doctrine. Believing in the deity of Christ by itself is not even enough if you believe Christ started as just a man who then did good works and was "promoted" to divinity status upon death.
Those interested can Google, The Apostles Creed, Nicene Creed, Creed of Chalcedon, and Athanasian Creed - kind of the Cliff Notes of Christian Doctrine. Just a heads up "catholic" refers to the "universal" church - not the Catholic Church.
Problem in the US today is the "Christian" name has lost its copyright protection and become generic like "Aspirin". "Christian" now means a "nice" person to many. Gee - I'm a nice person - I must be a Christian. Doesn't work that way.
"...and FOR privatization of all social services..."
Tell you what, when we start seeing his base attack him on these religious issues, we will know they've completely turned on him. And I predict they will. Time will tell. They've all been barely choking back their vomit already.
OMG, okay lets get back to the economy. Will the GOP stop obstructing the American's Jobs Act so that we can add millions of jobs to our economy? Will the GOP stop trying to repeal ACA at a cost to tax payers of over 50 million dollars? Will the GOP stop giving 4 billion dollars a year away to big oil in subsidies? Will the GOP stop giving subsidies to corporations for the purpose of outsourcing/offshoring? How will the GOP bring home profits to American banks so that we can rightfully tax it to grow revenue? Will the GOP work with the Democrats to amend the tax code to what it was over 12 years ago in order to raise revenue? Will the GOP get a clue from the only president in recent history to eliminate the deficit and leave us with a surplus? Will the GOP stop messing with womens' rights and work on actual legislation to create jobs? Will the GOP admit that we are moving in the correct direction but could move faster with their help? I guess the real question is will the GOP burn in hell? Ooops, sorry, back to the economy. Will the GOP admit that the DOW has completely recovered and that GM paid back their loan? Will they admit that all those auto worker jobs saved by the stimulus are helping our recovery? Will they admit that they feel a bit safer with Osama Bin Ladin dead? Will they admit to feeling safer when they travel abroad? Will Ryan/Romney stop blaspheming about Medicare, Medicaid and Welfare?
everyone should listen to this, Democrat or Republican
I was thinking the same thing -- but you said it better Walt! I'm quoting you!
Way to go, Chrystal!
ya, slipping in the polls, right...56 days left then a change will happen..his illegal ass out of there.......................
This guy just makes me sick . He has told 600 + lies since his campaign started what does that tell you about god in his life . Karma is a bitch , and it will come back and bit him in the ass ... We still want to see the tax returns .....
I don't think the average American has a clue about the Mormon church's beliefs. Romney's Mormon doctrines will affect how he would if elected lead and I use the term lead loosely the country. People need to research what Mormonism is about and this man's record. Oh, by the way what about those tax returns?
Kind of like being brought up Muslim affects choices.
I'm sure it does, but we don't have a Muslim running for president, so your point is moot. Try to stay on the article's topic.
I'm glad I'm an atheist. Life is so much more simple.
Who’s “God” is Mitt speaking of..?
Should this be a concern? Is the Pope Catholic?
Many Americans do not yet really realize the extent to which the Mormon Church disagrees with Christian denominations...
The first reference is from the Book of Mormon itself: (1 Nephi / Chapter 14 / Verse 10).
“An angel tells Nephi of the blessings and cursings to fall upon the Gentiles... (Gentiles refers to non-Mormons)
10 And he said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God (Mormon), and the other is the church of the devil (Christian); wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the wh*re of all the earth.
The following source is a key belief of the Mormon Church. When Joseph Smith went out into the woods to ask God which Christian denomination he should join, he explains that God allegedly commanded him:
“...I must join none of them (Christian Churches), for they were all wrong... that all their creeds were an abomination in His sight” (Joseph Smith History 1:19).
Scripture, Book of Mormon
It’s not likely you’ll hear any of this in a Romney stump speech.
well said walt