I agree with Hewitt.The "Mormon" question concerning Mitt Romney seems a bit hypocritical within the current political context. One could make a case for the fact that more disturbing candidates than Romney exist in the Republican party. Candidates like Rudy Giuliani, who make good New York City mayors, but court the fringes of the party. Furthermore, the secular world rarely sees the dividing line between religious groups. Hugh Hewitt delivers the bottom line of this controversial issue in stating:
...but the short course is that anti-religious bigotry serves a lot of agendas. The war on faith in America — the effort to drive faith-based people from the public square and faith-based arguments from polite conversation — has been under way for three decades, and is picking up steam. A Mormon is just a convenient target, and one that provides media pundits with a convenient cover. They voice their concern with Romney's faith by putting that concern into the mouths of unnamed evangelicals.
I mention elsewhere, that I struggle with the fantastic history of Mormonism. I fail to comprehend how rational individuals like Romney can embrace this religion whose founder, Joseph Smith, was nothing more than a treasure hunting carny. Yet, if he emerges as the front runner I'll pick Romney over any of the disingenuous individuals the Dem's consistently parade before us.
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