Romney: "Our responsibility to one another – to our fellow Americans"

[jsr]

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/20/obama-romney-open-up-about-their-faith-in-a-church-magazine/

... The magazine's leadoff question to the candidates: "How does faith play a role in your life?"

Romney's response:

Faith is integral to my life. I have served as a lay pastor in my church. I faithfully follow its precepts. I was taught in my home to honor God and love my neighbor. My father was committed to Martin Luther King Jr.’s cause of equality, and I saw my parents provide compassionate care to others, in personal ways to people nearby and in leading national volunteer movements. My faith is grounded in the conviction that a consequence of our common humanity is our responsibility to one another – to our fellow Americans foremost, but also to every child of God.

... The magazine asked each candidate whether he has a favorite passage of Scripture, prayer or other "words of wisdom."

Romney quoted the Gospel of Matthew: "For I was hungry, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me. ...”

[WinkyDink]

1. So he's a liar. I'm shocked.

[annabanana]

2. Ok.. So he loses AND goes to hell.

win/win

[ncgrits]

5. And this comment is pure WIN as well!

[Skidmore]

3. I get the sense that the only responsibility he sees to others is those

among his co-religionists. I think the Mormon community has been such a fairly closed one for so long that he perhaps has a tendency to not include anyone else beyond that group.

[Rambis]

4. Just not the 47% who are free loaders