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Faith in the 2012 Election Faith in the 2012 Election
Religion emerged as an important issue in the 2012 presidential campaign. The personal religious identity of President Barack Obama and the Republican candidate, Governor...

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Religious Liberty Religious Liberty
This collection gathers together key candidate statements on religious freedom from the 2011-12 primary and general election campaigns, addressing America's constitutional...
The Former Candidates The Former Candidates
One of the key functions of the campaign process is to help reduce the candidate field to a few top contenders, and this collection explores the past rhetoric of candidates...

Newtgingrich

Newt Gingrich on Crafting a Republican Platform that Supports Religious Liberty

April 8, 2012
We need an approach trying to stand up very firmly for religious liberty. The assault on the Catholic Church is very real and it's not just the Catholic Church. [...] I think you have a platform that says flatly that the government should not force its values on any religious institution. I think that's a very key part of this. I was at a Baptist school, not a Catholic school, Louisiana College, and the president said they are right to life institutions and the Obamacare is imposing, they will close the institution rather than violate their religious beliefs. Now, you know, George Bush had issued an executive order that guaranteed right of conscience. Obama is doing just the opposite. He's imposing the government.
Newt Gingrich Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich is a political pundit and Fox News Channel analyst who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 2012. As a Republican congressman Gingrich lead the "Contract with America" movement and served as Speaker of the...