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Atheist Organization Attacks Romney Based on Faith
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From interfaith efforts in support of Islam to "I am Mormon" billboards, it's become common for religious organizations to buy public ads to promote their faiths and causes. But a national atheist organization is taking it a step further, using Monday's presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., to launch a week-long attack on the faith of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
The mobile billboard ad, which will be propped up on a truck that will circle the university during the debate, is sponsored by American Atheists, the nation's oldest atheist organization. "Shame on Mormonism," the ad says. "No blacks allowed (Until 1978). No gays allowed."
The sign references the church's former ban on black members in the lay priesthood, its policy that gay members should remain celibate and its high-profile promotion and funding of anti-same sex marriage efforts.
Dave Silverman, the president of American Atheists, said he plans for the $8,000 ad effort to make stops at Romney-related events over the next week as the campaign reaches its final stretch before the Nov. 6 election.
"We are not charging that Mr. Romney is a racist, but he did recruit for a racist organization, seemingly without reservations ... We need to know Mr. Romney's stance on diversity (ethnic and religious) before we vote," Silverman said in an email. He added that "allowing gay people to join (so they can tithe) while not allowing them to live as they see fit is not acceptance, but rather the very definition of intolerance."
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"If I am fortunate to become your president, I will serve no one religion, no one group, no one cause, and no one interest," Romney said when similar accusations were made about his religion during his field primary bid four years ago. On black priests, Romney said in 2008 that he was "anxious to see a change in my church" and cried with joy when the church lifted its ban. More recently, when a man at an April campaign event asked if Romney thought it was "a sin for a white man to marry and procreate with a black," Romney replied with an emphatic "no."
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FULL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...ide=more258450
Do you think it's fair to attack a presidential candidate based on his faith? Even when he publicly said that the past Mormon mistakes aren't part of his politics? 
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