Yesterday, Mitt Romney did his best to assure evangelical christians that he doesn't have horns (here's the text of his speech). Best that I can tell, here's what he said:
1) Hey, we all believe Jesus is our savior, so what's the big deal? I won't mention that the other thing we have in common is that we all believe that those who don't believe as we do go to hell.
2) Yeah, there are fundamental differences between Mormon doctrine other christian doctrines, but that's what tolerance is all about--except that going to hell thing.
3) I wish we had more religion in public life, don't you?
4) Hey, I mentioned menorahs...how about some more jewish votes? Oh, and sorry about the baptizing the jews in concentration camps. Our bad.
5) Whew, at least I didn't have to explain to John McCain why I think some kinds of torture are still OK. That was awkward.
I don't know if the "speech like Kennedy's" was from the media or from his campaign, but there's really not much comparison. In JFK's case there was concern (real or imagined) that he'd be getting calls from the Vatican about policy. No word as to whether Romney gave his Mass governor's number to the Mormon church elders or not. Also, I don't sense anti-mormonism is a big issue in the country. There may be a lot of people that think the religion is "weird," but it's a long way from that to hate.
As for those who are applying a chrisitian-purity test to the Republican candidates, good luck with that. None of them are going to pass. Perhaps we should be judging the candidates based on their past political actions instead of their religious beliefs. Just a thought.
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