[Colofornian]

From the article: Picking a Catholic running mate...

Wait a minute...I've been told HUNDREDS...even possibly THOUSANDS of times...that Mitt's Mormonism is irrelevant to the POTUS office...

Why would either (a) some conservatives "hypocritically" deem Catholicism as somehow relevant to the VP office;
Or, (b) Will we see all the "Mormonism is irrelevant" posters suddenly show up on this and the hundreds of other threads to preach their same "religion is irrelevant" message...

Or is Mormonism getting "sacred cow" protection...by those on their religiously hypocritcal bent???

[NoLibZone]

The article is from a Catholic site.

Let me guess , you hate Catholics too.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Hon, the organization linked here is "Catholic Vote." The very purpose of the organization is to promote Catholic political values (hence hence two-finger quotes around each word, ..."Catholic".... "Vote"). They see Ryan as being an example of this while Biden ---also a self-described Catholic --- is an opposite.

You'll notice they're not supporting Biden.

That's the point.

[Mrs. Don-o]

To make it a little clear: the reason why Ryan is getting CV's endorsement while Biden is not, is that while both of them are Catholic in "church affiliation," only one of them is Catholic in "values."

If there were no Catholics in the race at all, CV would support a pro-life, pro-liberty, pro-marriage Protestant, Mormon, or Jew. And they would oppose a Protestant, Mormon, or Jew (or Catholic) who was an opponent on lifel -liberty-and-marriage issues.

So it comes down to values, not denominaton.

[Revolting cat!]

You'd prefer a different Paul, wouldn't you?

[Longbow1969]

Wait a minute...I've been told HUNDREDS...even possibly THOUSANDS of times...that Mitt's Mormonism is irrelevant to the POTUS office...

I disagree with you most of the time, but that is a pretty fair point.

Romney's Mormonism doesn't matter and isn't worth talking about, but suddenly Ryan's Catholicism not only matters but is being heralded as a great asset.

It's just politics is all. The truth is that partisan political folks (which is most of us on political forums like this) will generally vote for whomever represents our policy positions best no matter what. We have our team and half the battle is defeating the other team. We will make excuses for our guy/girl even if all we have to care about is just defeating the opposition. Human nature and politics aren't going to change.

I don't personally care that Romney is a Mormon, and I don't care that Ryan is a Catholic. Romney/anyone represents my views better than Obama/Biden. Romney/anyone is the only ticket that has a chance of removing Obama/Biden from office. That is reason enough to vote for Romney/anyone. I think Ryan is a good choice because it may focus the election more on debt and spending. That is a debate the country needs. If I found out Ryan was a nutter who really believed in the great cockroach God I'd still vote for him so long as he lobbied and/or voted for my policy positions (and kept his cockroach worship secret so as not to become a liability). Silly examples, but you get the point (even if you don't agree).

[Jeff Chandler]

Romney’s a Mormon?!

[Errant]

You make a good point concerning the revelance of Romney's religious beliefs verses Ryan's. But that's where it ends. IMO, What matters most are person's convictions; not so much their religion affiliations.

I know Mormons who are very pro life, unlike Romney. And there are Catholics, Nancy Pelosi for one, who don't seem to have a problem with aborting the unborn, unlike Ryan.

With his pick, Romney will pull more true conservative votes. We who screamed, shouted, and stomped our feet over Romney becoming the GOP candidate, surely played a role in that selection process.

There is a scripture, though I don't recall its location in the Bible, commanding us to hold whatever moral ground we can until the Lord arrives to judge the nation. Maybe with Ryan on the team, we will now be able to do at least that.