I agree with your take that Brit Hume is attempting to smooth things over. There is no bigotry involved because voters question a candidate’s religious persuasion. Voters have all types of questions, and telling them that a candidate’s religious views, are sub important, is not only ludicrous, but ridiculous as well.

It is plain dishonesty to label voters as bigots, simply because they don’t prefer this or that about a certain candidate. If I, as a grocery shopper do not prefer the certain highlighted sale of the day, does that make me a bigoted shopper and grocery store hate-monger?

I believe that the Republican establishment might be coming to the sad and pathetic realization that they opened a can of worms by insisting that Romney be the GOP candidate standard bearer.

It so happens that my day’s posting on my new website was partially about Romney’s religion and the perception of it by the American voter. Certainly, Romney has an American right as any American, to seek political office. But, his Mormonism does not help him. And, the Republican Party, pushing for his candidacy, may very well be sorry when all is said and done:

“Romney’s Albatross – Cult Stigma – Republican Establishment’s Big Mistake”

link to moralmatters.org