Newt Gingrich attacked Mitt Romney for failing to protect religious freedom for Roman Catholics and Jews, rolling a criticism of policies from Romney’s days as governor into a broader discussion of President Obama’s “attack on Christianity.”
“There’s a fundamental difference between my position and Governor Romney’s,” Gingrich told Florida voters in Tampa today. “Governor Romney imposed on the Catholic hospitals in Massachusetts a position against their conscience; Governor Romney cut off kosher meals for Jewish senior citizens to save five dollars a day. For five dollars a day, he said no, you can’t follow your religious prescriptions. Now, I think we need to have a government that respects our religions.”
Gingrich added that he’s “a little tired of being lectured about respecting every other religion on the planet; I’d like [government] to respect our religion.” His remarks about Romney’s policies came immediately after promising to “sign an executive order repealing every Obama attack on religion across the entire government, period.”
