- YouTube: Olbermann Dissects Romney's Mormon Speech (Time 6:19)
- YouTube: Romney To Give Speech About Mormon Religion (Time 1:32)
Romney Religion Speech News
- Google News: Romney Religion Speech
- The Christian Science Monitor: What Made Romney's Big Speech So Mormon (Dec. 11, 2007)
- CNN: Kennedy aide: Romney's views on religion very different from JFK's (December 6, 2007)
- Sorenson: "Mr. Romney's position on many of the issues are very different than JFK's. JFK wanted to particularly stress that he believed in the separation between church and state. [...] So, Romney empahsized the role of religion in public life more strongly than JFK did or would have.
- DallasNews.com: "Mitt Romney says Mormon faith wouldn't dictate presidential policy" (December 6, 2007)
- Romney assured evangelicals that their beliefs would have a place in his administration. "I will take care to separate the affairs of government from any religion," he said, "but I will not separate us from the God who gave us liberty."
- The New York Times: "Crucial Test for Romney in Speech on His Religion" (December 6, 2007)
- Romney has vowed not to explain his faith, or provide Americans with what he calls "Mormon 101," and will not directly explore common misconceptions about Mormonism. Instead, he will exist that such theological matters will not influence his decisions as president.
- FoxNews.com: Mitt Romney's Faith Speech Aims to Inspire Confidence in Candidate (December 6, 2007)
- In the speech, Romney discusses the role religion would play in his administration. "If I am fortunate to become your president, I will serve no one religion, no one group, no one cause and no one interest. A president must serve only the common cause of the people of the United States."
- CBS News: Romney To Give 'Religion Speech' (December 2, 2007)
- According to a CBS News poll, 43% of registered voters would not vote for a Mormon candidate.
- Time Magazine: The Page: More on the Romney Religion Speech (December 2, 2007)
- ABC News: Will 'Pulling a JFK' Be Enough for Romney? (December 2, 2007)
- AZCentral.com: Analysis: Will Romney talk religion in major speech? (November 13, 2007)
- Romney told supporters in New Hampshire: "I don't mind what people decide to focus on, and, no question, I get asked about my faith from time to time. I want to make it real clear. I am proud of my faith."
Romney Religion Speech Background
- Time Magazine: Romney Statement on “Faith in America” Address
- ABC News: Political Radar: Romney Advised Against Religion Speech (November 10, 2007)
- When asked if he would make a speech dealing with his religion, similar to President Kennedy's address on his Catholicism, Romney said his advisors rejected such an idea, fearing such a speech would draw too much attention to the issue.
- Associated Press: Romney Aides Oppose Speech on Religion
Romney Religion Blogs and Commentaries
- BuzzFeed: Mitt Romney's Mormon Speech
- BeliefNet: God-o-Meter: Mormon Speech category
- TheAtlantic.com: Marc Ambinder: Romney's Speech, Annotated (December 6, 2007)
- Romney: "Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom...Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone."
- National Review Online: The Corner: The Romney Speech: My Take (December 6, 2007)
- TheAtlantic.com: The Daily Dish: The Romney Speech (December 6, 2007)
- Redstate.com: And Now a Word on the Romney Speech (December 6, 2007)
- The New York Times: The Early Word: Romneys Moment (December 6, 2007)
- AlterNet: Why Romney's "Religion Speech" Won't Work (December 3, 2007)
- Patrick Ruffini: Why a Mormon Speech? (December 2, 2007)
- Ruffini uses Google Trends to determine the level of interest in Romney's Mormonism.
- National Review Online: The Corner: Romney and "The Speech" (December 2, 2007)
- The New Republic: Romney to Give the "Religion Speech" (December 2, 2007)
- The Swamp: Romney ready to address religion: At Bush library (December 2, 2007)
- BeliefNet: President Romney? (November 17, 2007)
- Patterico's Pontifications: Romney to Give Speech on His Religion (December 2, 2007)
- National Review Online: Romney's Religion (November 16, 2007)
- RealClearPolitics: Romney's Religion (October 4, 2007)
- Google Blog Search: Romney Religion Speech
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