I agree with much of what David and N. Steven Nelson said (and some of Dan Lunt's comment). The idea that freedom requires religion is absurd and insulting to those who have a moral compass that originates outside an organized religion. All Romney did was state that he is not a 17th century bigot. Congratulations!! While I prefer his sentiments to anything more fundamentalist, his stance shows a complete inability to think outside the religious box. To Romney, religion is the pillar of a free state.

And, Also Mormon for 40 Years, Romney clearly characterizes the founding fathers as Christians: "But there were objections. 'They were too divided in religious sentiments', what with Episcopalians and Quakers, Anabaptists and Congregationalists, Presbyterians and Catholics." I could be wrong, but all those are Christian. That is religious diversity to Romney (at least in a Republican primary).