Read an October 10, 2011 article from CBS News about Jon Huntsman’s response to Robert Jeffress’ controversial remark on Mormonism.

Ravi Batra is an economics professor at Southern Methodist University and author of The New Golden Age: The Coming Revolution Against Political Corruption and Economic Chaos (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming January 2007). Batra says journalists should investigate such issues as how political corruption creates poverty and how politicians exploit religion to get elected and then adopt policies to benefit […]

Read an October 9, 2011 article from USA Today about the GOP presidential candidates’ responses to Robert Jeffress’ controversial remark on Mormonism.

Read an October 7, 2011 article from CNN about Rick Perry’s response to Robert Jeffress’ controversial remark on Mormonism.

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Stephen F. Schneck is chairman of the department of politics and director of the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., which studies current public policies regarding Catholic social attitudes.

Read the New York Times’ account Friday of Jeffress’ introduction of Perry at the summit and the pastor’s comments afterward about Mormonism. Romney did not directly respond at the summit to Jeffress’ remarks, other than to say that religious differences shouldn’t divide Republicans and that civility is needed in political discourse.

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