A Close Listen Reveals Mitt Romney’s Religious Bigotry

Every human being possesses a guiding sense of the requirements and obligations of right conduct, and it is unfortunate, but what may be acceptable behavior to one person may repulse someone from a different culture or belief system. One of the values Americans hold dear is the fundamental right of free speech and it allows every American to express their ideas of what right conduct entails even when their ideas are steeped in religious bigotry. Over the past couple of days, Republican presidential candidate Willard Romney criticized President Obama and diplomats in Egypt and Libya for apologizing for American values and principles as if he is the arbiter of what is right and wrong, but if one listened carefully to the context of his statements, he exposed another personal character flaw that should be a warning to all Americans and the world.

When Willard told reporters that ”The Embassy of the United States issued what appeared to be an apology for American principles,” he was referring to the right of an Islamophobic film maker to impugn the Muslim prophet Mohammed. What embassy officials apologized for was the religious intolerance in the hate-filled video portraying Muslims and their prophet as violent monsters, and they specifically said that free speech was a “universal right,” but religious bigotry was not. Still, Romney continued on the same path accusing President Obama of making “an apology for America’s values,” and that “it’s a terrible course for America.”

Now, when Romney opened his mouth to reporters, he knew the embassies defended the “universal right of free speech,” and that the only American offense they criticized was the movie’s “efforts to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims” and it begs the question; does he consider condemning religious bigotry an ”apology for American values?” Seriously, does Willard Romney regard religious bigotry an American value, or does he think it is un-American to condemn sleights against Muslims? It is unfortunate, but that is precisely the point Romney made, and it was either a subconscious nod to his church, or deliberate signal to neo-conservatives from the Bush administration.

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