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  • If you run on your beliefs you better defend them

    The Romney's and the Huckabees and the Bushes of the world want us to think that they are good people because they believe in God. This may or may not be true. They may not be good people. They may be bad people, because of their beliefs, they may be good people in spite of their beliefs or they may be good people because of their beliefs, but if ...
    Posted to Today's Blogs by Beaujoe on December 13, 2007

  • I agree- but...

    I agree with the position taken by the author that Mitt needs to talk more about his religion. Religion is one of those things that helps form the core of many people. Therefore understanding Mitt's religion can help us understand who he is and what he will stand for if elected. That being said, however, I fundamentally disagree with the manner ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by robtherobot on November 29, 2007

  • Proud to be Mormon

    Wow! This article really hurt my feelings. Politics is one thing and it seems that mudslinging within campaigning is tolerated, however some of the comments made in this article went beyond mudslinging at a cadidate and were more directed at the religion itself. I don't know what exactly qualifies Mr. Christopher Hitchens as an expert of my ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by Debater on November 27, 2007

  • What Mormons Believe!

    There is a great way to know exactly what the Mormons believe. Instead of asking all of their neighbors and enemies what the Mormons believe, why don't we take a look at it in their own words. I have looked at www.mormon.org and www.lds.org and by so doing have come to better understand that Mormons are true Christians with strong Moral and Family ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by TruthRestored on November 27, 2007

  • Why is he only being judged as a Mormon?

    This article was written very one sided showing the doubts a person would have dealing with a Mormon politician. As a presidential candidate I would be more interested in how his religeous beliefs have or will effect his job or decision making. To jump to conclusions and catigorize him as a racist is far to extreme to do to any canidate without ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by Lomi25 on November 27, 2007

  • What Garbage!!!!!!

    This is such a slanted and bigoted article it is a disgrace to jouralism. Mitt Romney's religion or the religion of any cantidate should not be a factor in this election. We have seperation on church and state in this country which should keep religion out of the political areena. What should matter is the cantidates personal political beliefs ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by Final One on November 27, 2007

  • Re: romeny

    The LDS faith (''Mormonism'') promotes the upkeep of national laws and particularly the rule of law. If man's laws are running contrary to what the Senator thinks is right for the nation, he would go through the same process as any elected official would need to go through in order to change those laws. Isn't that what we ask of any elected ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by beccabeccalee on November 27, 2007

  • Hitchens' Hate Speech

    Frankly, Hitchens remarks are every bit as offensive as those which got the likes of Don Imus and Jimmy the Greek fired. Hitchens equates membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (which, by the way is not the ''so-called Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,'' even Hitchens must know that) with membership in the Ku Klux ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by cjcampbell on November 27, 2007

  • Hitchens hits the nail on the head...

    I am an ''Exmo'' (exmormon) and know well the church likes its bread buttered on both sides. The Mormon Church is exempt from paying tax on the tithes and donations of its members (for all intents and purposes, this is its main source of income) and from paying property taxes in most countries where religion plays a major cultural role. Yet, at ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by Paperboy55 on November 26, 2007

  • Fighting Words: Mitt The Mormon

    Christopher Hitchens and Slate's unabashed and shameless contempt for all things Mormon has been showing for months. So, today's supporting material –Mitt The Mormon -- for Hitchens nomination as ''Bigot of the Year,'' while disappointing -- as a rule, I happen to admire Hitchens writing -- was no particular surprise. Hitchens was right about ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by RB Scott on November 26, 2007