Even before he declared, aides to Fred Thompson were confident their boss would soon reel in endorsements from a handful of high-profile evangelical leaders. Now that he’s made his candidacy official however, some marquee Christian Right activists, including Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, are backing away from Thompson. The reason: Thompson opposes the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) to the U.S Constitution.
The FMA would limit marriage to one man and one woman. Thompson favors a less sweeping amendment that would prevent states from having to honor marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples in other states and that would force judges to defer to state legislatures on the question of whether to legalize gay marriage. God-o-Meter suspects Mitt Romney’s team is using this new season of doubt over Thompson to remind evangelical elites its candidate is the only top-tier GOPer to support the FMA–and that he championed a state amendment to ban gay marriage as governor of Massachusetts.
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posted September 27, 2007 at 7:13 pm
I would like to see each candidate speak out in defense of their religious beliefs…are they genuine…or are they political?
Religion seems to be playing a part in this election…what part I am not yet clear about!
Mr. Thompson owns up to infrequent chuch attendance, does that mean that religion is not important? Does it mean that he has no moral compass to guide his decisions? All candidates should be willing to speak out about their religious convictions, without the fear of retribution, if we are able to look past the persecution that seems to continue in the so called Christian world!
Who is Mr. Thompson? What are his accomplishments? Is Hollywood’s influence his motivation? Morally, what does he stand for?