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http://www.michiganradio.org/post/romneys-and-religion

"...Romney may, however, need to do what Kennedy did when he ran for office. Romney might want to make a major speech saying that if elected, his only loyalty would be to the Constitution of the United States of America. Unfortunately, he probably needs to do something else, too. Recently, members of the Mormon faith have been offending people and making headlines by the bizarre practice of “baptizing” Jews killed in the Holocaust and elsewhere. Think how you would feel if someone announced they were posthumously inducting your dead mother into their religion. Mitt Romney doesn’t need to intervene in his church’s affairs.
But it might be helpful if he told the American people he found this an appalling practice, and called on other Mormons to stop..."
Surely you've heard how Paul Ryan associates his financial politics with his Catholic faith. Is he still viable as a VP selection for Romney?


http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/74990.html

A person’s faith is central to how they conduct themselves, in public and in private, so to me, using my Catholic faith, we call it the social magisterium, which is: How do you apply the doctrine of your teaching into your everyday life as a lay person?