Faith of Whose Fathers? .....

Matters of faith, religion and religiosity are common enough around the blogosphere neighborhood that is West Texas ..... lately, one of the more interesting posts is this one, posted by George at Sleepless in Midland.

George cites this post by Jonah Goldberg at National Review Online, about presidential candidate Mitt Romey and Mormonism. Both posts are especially timely ..... the Associated Press reports, "On Thursday, [Romney] will draw national attention to his religion, a subject of curiosity for many people, with a speech at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas" ..... (CLICK HERE for the rest of Glen Johnson's analysis on AP)

Some of us are old enough to remember when faith was a political issue, back in the early 60s, as some Protestant voters in the United States struggled with the idea of a Catholic as President ..... heck, in North Carolina, at that time, we still had a bunch of mooks parading down the street in white sheets, protesting - among other things - 'the Papists.'

The national debate may hit a little closer to home than we think ..... a particularly interesting point George makes at the end of his post ..... "it raises a question about the recent election in Midland, Texas. Did some conservative Christians vote against one of the candidates because of Mormonism? We can speculate, but we'll never know for sure whether or how much that influenced the outcome."

It should make for good speculation, and discussion .... I recommend you join-in.