Romney Clueless on Secularism

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Mitt Romney:

“I think there is a desire to establish a religion in America known as secularism.”

My guess is Romney has no idea what secularism is.  

sec·u·lar·ism (from Dictionary.com)

 [sek-yuh-luh-riz-uhm] 

noun

1.

secular  spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.

2.

the view that public education and other matters of civil policy should be conducted without the introduction of a religious element.

  Secularism is the absence of religion. The first Amendment of the US Constitution declares that:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

That sounds as a clear an endorsement of secularism as I've ever seen.  We all know how clueless and awkward Romney has been on the campaign trail, but this level of ignorance by a presidential candidate would have been unprecedented, but, of course, we had Sarah Palin in 2008.  

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Free the Press to Cover Occupy Wall Street

Almost 5,000 people have been arrested since the Occupy Wall Street movement first gained momentum in mid September.  The pace of arrests seems to be accelerating and so also is the pace of arresting journalists.  Dozens of journalists were arrested during Mayor Bloombergs crackdown in Zuccatti Park amid a media blackout.  Even journalists with NYPD issued press passes were arrested.  Not a single banker has been prosecuted for activities leading to the Financial Collapse, but 5000 people have been arrested protesting the activities of wall street.  Thousands of police officers have been deployed across the country to disrupt and tear down Occupy Wall Street encampments.  Zero police officers have been called to arrest any bankers in the over 5000 illegal home foreclosures on active-duty US service members.  The press is not an enemy unless you are trying to hide the truth.  So US mayors are you trying to hide the truth from the public?

From Freepress.net

Mayor Bloomberg and the rest of the U.S. Conference Of Mayors:

You must publicly commit to defending press freedom in your city and protecting the First Amendment.
Please drop all charges against journalists covering the Occupy Wall Street protests and put an immediate stop to all forms of press suppression.

 Sign the Petition

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