[Bellflower]

I do not subscribe to the idea that someone's religion doesn't matter. A person's belief system affects who they are at core. It most definitely affects citizens who, if they perform well, will end up looking up to them as people and examples, not just as politicians. Think of Hitler, an extreme instance, with the purpose of drawing an analogy. He was apt at governing and caused Germany for awhile to proper and many of the German people ended up worshiping him. Because of what his core set of beliefs were, many religiously linked, he ended up destroying the Germany of his time and also was devastating for many of the worlds peoples and nations. Too bad people didn't look more closely at what his core religious beliefs were.

As a Christian I have the right to try to make sure Christians who are politically astute get elected into offices as much as possible. This is a right I have as a voting American. I am not required, morally, to close my eyes to what a candidate is in regards to his/her religious beliefs. This is a free Country and I vote for the best possible person to any office in this land and that means in his/her beliefs because I vote a person into office not a category. What this person says about him/herself should be backed up by the testimonies of other respected people. They need to be well vetted. Look what happened when a man of a dubious religious background got into the office of the President. We got Obama.

[reaganaut]

Well said. I’ve been ridiculed for being in the ‘worldview matters’ category and because of my background, I realize that Romney’s worldview (including but not limited to his expectation of becoming a god himself someday) is at odds with my worldview as a Christian.

I will never vote for Romney. I can’t.