Personman - Latest Comments on Romney is no Kennedy http://personman.com/?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Henry Imler [Visitor] in response to: Romney is no Kennedy Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:01:19 +0000 Henry Imler [Visitor] c79897@http://personman.com/ <p>good work - I enjoyed this.</p> good work - I enjoyed this.

]]> http://personman.com/romney_is_no_kennedy#c79897 Ian Lewis [Visitor] in response to: Romney is no Kennedy Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:02:58 +0000 Ian Lewis [Visitor] c79888@http://personman.com/ <p>That Romney is no Kennedy should be obvious to those on either side of the political fence. Though in my mind Kennedy had a way with words and ideas that makes Romney look like a babbling simpleton.</p> <p>That said I think this post is well written and punctuates the differences in thinking between the major parties on religion. Kennedy seems to want to avoid making religion a public debate so as to protect minorities from not being part of it. Romney wants it to enter the public discourse where predominantly Christian leaders can make decisions based on the religion of most of us that affect all of us.</p> <p>The right in general seems to be allergic to understanding the idea of choice. Choice to choose the denomination of and/or degree that you practice religion. The choice based on your own religious and/or moral convictions to have an abortion or not (I personally think that abortion is immoral but respect and fight for the right of others to choose otherwise). The choice of what you do in private in your own home with your partner.</p> <p>Romney&#8217;s understanding of how religion as a public discourse affects freedom is sorely lacking. But who am I to say anything about it. I&#8217;m living in a country where over 99% of the population is going to hell.</p> That Romney is no Kennedy should be obvious to those on either side of the political fence. Though in my mind Kennedy had a way with words and ideas that makes Romney look like a babbling simpleton.

That said I think this post is well written and punctuates the differences in thinking between the major parties on religion. Kennedy seems to want to avoid making religion a public debate so as to protect minorities from not being part of it. Romney wants it to enter the public discourse where predominantly Christian leaders can make decisions based on the religion of most of us that affect all of us.

The right in general seems to be allergic to understanding the idea of choice. Choice to choose the denomination of and/or degree that you practice religion. The choice based on your own religious and/or moral convictions to have an abortion or not (I personally think that abortion is immoral but respect and fight for the right of others to choose otherwise). The choice of what you do in private in your own home with your partner.

Romney’s understanding of how religion as a public discourse affects freedom is sorely lacking. But who am I to say anything about it. I’m living in a country where over 99% of the population is going to hell.

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