Evangelicals for Mitt?
Thursday October 12, 2006
Here's a website for Evangelicals who support the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney. Who's a Mormon. Would you vote for a Mormon for president? I honestly don't see what the problem is. I'd vote for an atheist if I thought I could trust him or her to most effectively advocate for the things that are most important to me.
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Rod Dreher is an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and author of "Crunchy Cons" (Crown Forum), a nonfiction book about conservatives, most of them religious, whose faith and political convictions sometimes put them at odds with mainstream conservatives. The views expressed in this blog are his own.
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Markus: Sorry, dude. People can apply whatever test they want to decide who they vote for.>
Sure, I guess I could vote for the candidate who wears boxers and not briefs.>
One of the things I look for in a candidate is a sense of humor -- a sense of perspective, a willingness to take constructive criticism, and a willingness to laugh at oneself. Mitt Romney had me when he joked sometime ago, with regard to gay marriage, that as a Mormon he believes that marriage is between a man and a woman and a woman and a woman. Sure, that by itself won't make me vote for him, but it will make me give him at least a serious look.>
If your definition for being a Christian is someone who believes in Christ as the Son of God and Savior and Redeemer of mankind, then Mormons pass with flying colors.
If your definition for being a Chrisian is someone who subscribes to specific creeds, then no they aren't.
They hold the creeds to be statements of belief formulated by men many decades, even centuries after Christ and his apostles left the earth. The Mormons feel that the sure word of God always trumps the philosophies of men, no matter how sincere the men might be.>
The London Bookies keep upgrading Mitt's chances for the Republican nomination. In fact, I'd never heard of him until I checked the English Book on the American Presidential Race.
Anyhow, with Allen in "PC Media Trouble," Mitt may be the most conservative Repiublican candidate with a shot. So, on the basis alone, he gets my vote. Surely, Mitts religion (which I understand is very conservative on soical issues) cannot cause anymore harm than King George II's whacko dispensationalism has in the Middle East.
Just early impressions.
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