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In reply to the discussion: We Should Lay off Using Romney's Mormon Beliefs as a Criticism [View all]DCKit
(18,541 posts)Broadening the horizons or our fellow Americans and encouraging religious tolerance through education and understanding is the way forward. Everyone, especially women, should know who and what they're voting for when they vote anyone who wears their religion on their sleeve and touts their beliefs as a qualification for elected office.
However, as stated in the OP, the RNC pulled no punches with the Muslim garbage (or in 1959 re: Catholicism), so they put religion on the table. If it's on the table, we'd be stupid not to exploit it as they have.
If we're not going to use every weapon at out disposal and play in the gutter with them, we're not going to make the kind of gains we need to make in 2012. We can't afford to ignore any opportunity, even though most of us would never go there in any other situation.