Washington D.C., Feb 10, 2012 / 10:05 am
Mary Ann Glendon, former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, defended presidential candidate Mitt Romney against claims that he required religious organizations to violate their consciences while he was governor of Massachusetts.
In a Feb. 9 statement, Glendon called it “preposterous” to think that Romney was not a strong defender of religious liberty.
“The truth is that Mitt Romney has been fighting assaults on religious freedom for a long time,” she said, adding that he had done so “at moments and in places where it was not popular, to say the least.”
Romney has criticized the Obama administration for its Jan. 20 announcement that a new mandate will soon require virtually all employers to purchase health insurance plans that include contraception, sterilization, and early abortion drugs at no cost to employees.