Media Can’t Explain the Faith

Media Can’t Explain the Faiths of Romney & Huckabee by Herman Cain: The more reporters and political pundits write about Mitt Romney’s faith and Mike Huckabee’s faith, the more confused people are about the First Amendment to the Constitution, because many people have not read it or do not understand it. It says “freedom of religion.” It does not say “freedom from religion.” A presidential candidate is free to practice his chosen religion just like the rest of us. And both Romney and Huckabee have clearly stated that it is not the job of the president to impose their beliefs on anyone else. . . . .

The media promotes misperceptions about Christians with its frequent reference to “evangelical Christians” without defining evangelical. And for the average reader, who also does not understand the term, it promotes skepticism – or as the pollsters like to say, “it makes people uncomfortable.” . . . And with the media’s insatiable demand for information expediency, and their own lack of understanding of the First Amendment, people will continue to be confused about “faith in America”, and the faiths of presidential candidates. . . . [Read More]

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