Religion & Politics

In response to Mitt Romney's use of anti-gay sentiments as a basis for a Presidential bid, Andrew Sullivan publishes a picture of Mormon garments, which Romney presumably wears. A reader objects that publishing Mormon garments is sacrilege, to which Sullivan responds, "none of this would be relevant at all, if the Republicans did not now base their politics on explicitly religious appeals. You wanna play by the rules of theoconservatism? Then deal with the consequences."

I wonder if this is one of the reasons we tried to keep religion out of politics in the first place.