WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Constitution forbids setting a religious test for public officials, but, as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney can testify, political realities can override that guiding principle when evangelical Christians step into the voting booth.
Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the mainline Mormon denomination. He had to fight back against conservative Christian rejection of his religious beliefs when he unsuccessfully ran for the White House in 2008 and faces the same struggle, perhaps more powerfully, in his bid to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012.
While leading the …
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