Thank god for religious minorities: when members of minority faiths run for office they have little choice but to defend religious liberty and give at least a nod to separation of church and state

But, while Romney’s America comprises people of many faiths, it does not include people of no faith, who constitute as much as 9% of the population, outnumbering Jews, whom Romney did bother to acknowledge, and also outnumbering Mormons.  He is hardly alone among candidates, especially among Republicans, in feeling free to disregard tens of millions of irreligious Americans

Religion is the basis of morality, Romney asserted, parroting conventional wisdom that we cannot be good without god (as if people were good with god.) Religion is even essential to freedom, he declared, a “fact” that would surprise members of religious or irreligious minorities (and many women) who have the misfortune of living in theocracies.