December 17, 2007 - Tom Tancredo Issues Press Release About GodVoter.org On December 10, 2007, Candidate Tom Tancredo's campaign issued a press release to "condemn" GodVoter.org as "bigoted". The press release quoted the candidate as, "I believe it is anything but Christian in its tone and intent and I call on every candidate to repudiate it. God and God alone will judge the hearts of us all." Candidate Tom Tancredo's press release also stated, "Among the numerous prejudiced responses, Godvoter.org refers to 'Mormonism as a Christ-dishonoring cult' while bashing Governor Mitt Romney and calling for him to renounce his religion." A presidential candidate issuing a press release to defend another would be commendable, albeit peculiar, if it hadn't contained such spurious accusations and display such lack of spiritual discernment by a self-declared Christian. First, GodVoter.org stated the truth about Mormonism and have presented evidences of the Mormon blasphemy that Jesus and Satan are brothers. We didn't "bash" Mormonism, and we certainly didn't bash Mitt Romney. Our rating is on his candidacy for President, not Mitt Romney the person. Second, "prejudiced" responses pre-judge. During 2007, GodVoter.org sent four rounds of emails to multiple Romney campaign officials requesting them to inform and remind their candidate to reply to our questionnaire, which he never did. Instead, he issued a press release announcing a speech about his faith. In turn, GodVoter.org delayed the announcement of the questionnaire results for all candidates and indicated to Mitt Romney the specific element of his beliefs we hoped he would address in his speech. The "F" rating on his candidacy was issued only after his speech was heard and analyzed; our rating was based on analysis of the facts, not pre-judgment. Third, Tom Tancredo should heed his own words, "God and God alone will judge the hearts of us all" and refrain from trying to divine others' "intent". We already have forgiven Tom Tancredo for attacking a Christian group for telling the truth about a cult. But the right thing for him to do would be to apologize publicly for his public error. Update: Tom Tancredo has since withdrawn from the race and endorsed Mitt Romney, heightening questions about his judgment, Christian discernment, and resulting in the reduction of his rating.
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