Romney Delivers Important Speech On His Religious Beliefs

[Steven Jamar]

Here's a washington post story about it .. .
http://tinyurl.com/2wnmx6

steve

On Dec 6, 2007 11:58 AM, Sanford Levinson <SLevinson at law.utexas.edu> wrote:

>  Isn't there a fairly obvious contradiction between an ostensibly
> principled refusal to discuss any theological doctrine associated with
> Mormonism and Romney's ostentatious proclamation that he (and presumably
> Mormonism) considers "Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Savior of
> mankind"?  Is sit now legitimate to ask if those who don't believe that
> Jesus was "the Son of God" are saved?  Or does the salvation take place
> independently of how one conceives Jesus?  Isn't this like a witness on the
> stand answering only the question he wishes to and then taking the Fifth (or
> the First, or the No Test Oath) when the answer might be counterproductive?
>
> sandy
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu [mailto:
> religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] *On Behalf Of *Friedman, Howard M.
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 06, 2007 11:45 AM
> *To:* religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu
> *Subject:* Romney Delivers Important Speech On His Religious Beliefs
>
>  Republican Presidential candidage Mitt Romney delivered an important and
> interesting speech this morning on the role of his religious faith in any
> future presidency. Excerpts and links to the full speech and other material
> are at Religion Clause blog:
>
> http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2007/12/romney-delivers-major-speech-on-role-of.html
>
> Howard M. Friedman
> Professor of Law Emeritus
> University of Toledo
> (419) 530-2911
> howard.friedman at utoledo.edu
>
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-- 
Prof. Steven Jamar
Howard University School of Law
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