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| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Dec 03, 2007 11:39am |
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| News Date | Monday, December 3, 2007 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republican Mitt Romney, vying to become the first Mormon president, said Monday he decided to give a speech focused on his faith and the role of religion in politics because the subject is of interest in early voting Iowa — where he has lost his lead in GOP presidential polls.
"I can tell you I'm not going to be talking so much about my faith as I am talking about the religious heritage of our country and the role in which it played in the founding of the nation and the role which I think religion should generally play today in our society," Romney said in an interview with WBZ-AM.
He added: "I will also talk about how my own values and my own faith will inform my thinking if I were lucky enough to become president of the United States."
The former Massachusetts governor said religion wasn't a factor when his father, former Michigan Gov. George Romney, ran for the White House in 1968.
"But, you know, times have changed and particularly in a state like Iowa, there's been interest in religion generally and I think religion does have a very important role in our society and therefore it's important to talk about our religious heritage," Romney said.
The address, planned for Thursday at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas, will focus on the role of religion in American society.
Romney's staff announced the speech Sunday, after months of debate at his Boston headquarters over whether to make a public address about his religion. They insisted the decision was made by Romney last week, before the latest polls were released.
Nonetheless, the address comes as Romney's bid is threatened in Iowa by underdog Mike Huckabee. The ex-governor of Arkansas and one-time Southern Baptist minister has rallied influential Christian conservatives to erase Romney's monthslong lead and turn the race into a dead-heat.
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