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Paul Ryan's Moral Compass

I heard recently that conservative Christians, uncomfortable with Romney’s Mormonism, have been trying to twist and tweak the Mormon religion and/or Christianity so that in their own minds the Mormon faith can be called a branch of Christianity.   If that could be done, they could vote for Romney and feel good about it because he now, suddenly, would be a Christian.   It can’t be done, of course.   You can’t make the Mormon faith just another Christian denomination without changing both Christianity and Mormonism so much that neither would any longer be what it was.   If I as a Christian wanted to vote for Romney, I wouldn’t worry about his Mormonism. I won’t vote for Romney.     I simply don’t trust him.   Nor do I like his proposed policies.   But his Mormon religion does not concern me. I am, however, concerned about the faith of his running mate, Paul Ryan.   Although he is a member of the Catholic Church, Ryan has said that “...