Thursday, December 6, 2007

Romney rules!

Today, presidential candidate Mitt Romney gave his "famous" speech entitled "Faith in America." I was dubious about the necessity of this speech, fearing that it would cause more people to start bashing my beliefs, which is never pleasant. However, after watching the speech, I came away being very impressed by Romney. The man has basically said that it is important to him to stand true to his values than to win the election, and what he had to say about separation of church and state is precisely how I feel about the subject.
Separation of church and state, to me, means that the government shall impose no religion upon its people. It has _never_ meant that we, the people, cannot make laws based on ours beliefs (such as banning gay marriage) or that God can never be mentioned in public (including praying in public). I've always thought that those people who spent so much time trying to remove prayer from schools were being a bit selfish; if the majority of people believe in a Supreme Being, then it is completely appropriate to have some kind of prayer to this being in a public forum.
In short, I've gained a tremendous amount of respect for Romney, and I will most likely be voting for him if I get the opportunity.