Posted at 10:00 AM ET, 10/09/2011
“Religious bigotry on display
Writing in reference to displays of anti-Mormonism at the Values Voters Summit, Rubin wrote:
“Later on Saturday, Romney called out religious bigotry, referencing yetanother speaker at the event:
“Romney aimed his criticism at Bryan Fischer, a controversial official at the American Family Association who was scheduled to follow Romney in the program.
Fischer, a leader at the Mississippi-based AFA, has blamed homosexuals for the Holocaust, suggested banning Muslims from serving in the military and has strongly attacked Mormonism.
He argued only days ago that the constitutional right to the free exercise of religion doesn’t apply to Mormons, declaring: “The purpose of the First Amendment is to protect the free exercise of the Christian religion.”
The words that are attributed to Bryan Fischer should scare every one of us. While he may never have the power and authority to execute his intentions, there is every reason to believe that his intent to establish an evangelical Christian theocracy is real and dangerous.
In a world of political reason, populated by men and women of intelligence, he would have been listened to and then quietly escorted from the building. Instead, he was applauded for his hatred, his lack of intellect, and his potential danger to human kind and the United States.
Values Voters? Where are the storm troopers?
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