Who in God's Name Is Mitt Romney? by Frank Rich http://nymag.com/news/frank-rich/mitt-romney-2012-2/
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > Judy, the second link is a repeat. Â Can you repost it? > > > ________________________________ > From: authfriend <jstein@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2012 5:54 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Fireplace Delusion by Sam Harris > > > Â > Via Andrew Sullivan's Dish blog on Daily Beast, two pieces > that discuss points raised in Curtis's recent post on the > protected status of religion. > > The first, a longish blog post, details the history of > anti-blasphemy laws in Great Britain--not quite the same > as Curtis's framing in terms of factual challenges to > religious belief, but dealing with many of the same types > of trends, since factual challenges would qualify as > blasphemy in certain contexts. > > The writer then explores a point it had occurred to me to > make in my discussion with Curtis but never got around to, > as we were distracted by other details: that the protected > status of religion has always been a sociopolitical > manifestation more than a religious one. Her analysis is > thorough and fascinating and establishes that it has almost > nothing to do with the reason-vs.-belief aspect Curtis > emphasizes. > > http://kenanmalik.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/beyond-the-sacred/ > > The second piece, by Frank Rich, published in New York > magazine, is an analysis of Romney entitled "Who in God's > Name Is Mitt Romney?" It deals, in part, with Romney's > religious identity and how it might affect his actions in > the role of president. It's a much more thoughtful > approach, IMHO, than Curtis's fear that Romney might shape > U.S. policy based on the "odd beliefs" of Mormonism. > > http://kenanmalik.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/beyond-the-sacred/ >
