Mitt Romney is a Christian. He is as Christian as any Mormon can be. Unfortunately, that isn't enough for some. According to the amount of votes Romney received in 2008, he should be the prime candidate to receive the Christian nomination in 2012. Sadly, 18 percent of the Republican party has already stated that it could never vote for a Mormon president. That is, for me at least, a very poor reason not to vote for an otherwise worthy candidate.
So my question is why does religion play such a big role in deciding the president? Since when did the presidency become a theological position? There is a separation of church and state for a reason, primarily so that there is no religious persecution. Ironically, every single president to date, (perhaps excluding Barack Obama) has been Christian. I can't help but wonder what connects peoples ideas of morality to Christianity. Is Christianity moral for having priests that have individually raped 100s of boys and girls? Is Christianity moral in calling for a modern crusade on Islam? Is Christianity moral for actively supressing women from being ordained without any religious dogma supporting that view?
What exactly has made Christianity the standard for other religions? The fact that it preaches universal love and almost never practices it? The fact that its the oldest religion in its own warped Adam and Eve conception of the universe? Nothing that I can see.
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