Romney Needs Atheist’s Prayers?
December 13th, 2007 by
Editor: Scott
Mitt Romney made a compelling speech last week in an attempt to move past the Mormonism issue…
It’s important to recognize that while differences in theology exist between the churches in America, we share a common creed of moral convictions… In recent years, the notion of the separation of church and state has been taken by some well beyond its original meaning. They seek to remove from the public domain any acknowledgment of God. Religion is seen as merely a private affair with no place in public life. It’s as if they’re intent on establishing a new religion in America, the religion of secularism. They are wrong. The Founders proscribed the establishment of a state religion, but they did not countenance the elimination of religion from the public square. We are a nation under God, and in God we do, indeed, trust…
Romney’s attempts to go more macro and appeal to Christians in general has been meet with criticism that he has left out the “faithless” Americans. Beyond the political correctness of this complaint is a sheer idiocy. For instance where Mitt says:
No candidate should become the spokesman for his faith. For if he becomes President he will need the prayers of the people of all faiths…
In what way should have Mr. Romney been more inclusive here? Should he have called on Atheists to pray to the nothingness they believe in? Perhaps he should have asked them to not pray to any of the available gods? I mean if you don’t want to go swimming, don’t be offended when no one offers you a bathing suit.
PC speech long ago crossed the sanity line and is now just a poor excuse to complain about something when you can’t come up with a better reason. Seriously, I think Romney can consider his speech on religious beliefs a home run if the worst aspect was that it didn’t address the non-religious. Isn’t that just staying on point?
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