{"id":2521,"date":"2011-12-05T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T09:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2011\/12\/politics-2012-religion-has-a-place-in-political-discussion.html"},"modified":"2011-12-05T09:58:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T09:58:00","slug":"politics-2012-religion-has-a-place-in-political-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2011\/12\/politics-2012-religion-has-a-place-in-political-discussion.html","title":{"rendered":"Politics 2012: Religion has a place in political discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The 2012 election cycle is kinda-sorta breaking the time-honored American adage of not discussing religion and politics in the same sentence<\/p>\n

Kinda-sorta because two men seeking the Republican presidential nomination are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a>, commonly called the Mormons<\/a>. Faith in broad terms is discussed; specific religions generally are not.<\/p>\n

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who sought the party\u2019s nod four years ago, tried to allay voter concerns during the 2008 campaign about his Mormon faith<\/a> influencing a Romney White House, saying: \u201cIf I am fortunate to become your president, I will serve no one religion. A president must serve only the common cause of the people of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

Should questions on religion now come up on the stump, Romney talks about faith in general, not specifics of his faith.<\/p>\n

But the undercurrent is there.<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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