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Mr. Lehigh
I am curious as to why you have not expressed the same concern for Harry Reid and Keith Ellison's religions that you expressed for Romney's. Reid is also a Mormon and Ellison is a Muslim. Does this exempt them from your concerns about their religion influencing their politics? I would like to assume that you are a non-partisan reporter, but this apparent "oversight" makes that hard to believe. I look foward to your response.
Thank you!
Stephanie
Lehigh@globe.com wrote:
Stephanie,
Well, one reason I wrote about Mitt is that he is the governor of the state where my paper is based. But are Reid and Ellison trying to tap their religion's organizations to benefit they campaigns? I haven't seen those news reporters.
Scot
I'm not understanding if your problem is with the money Romney is accepting from a religious resource that shares his values, or with his religion itself. If its the former, then its a very shallow argument, since politicians have been accepting both money and endorsement from religious institutions since the founding of this country and have managed to keep themselves from becoming "puppets" of the church. If its the latter then my question regarding Reid and Ellison if perfectly valid, since the issue is not money but religious affiliation.