Asinine ...

I can't just let this go by the wayside because it is so utterly misrepresentative (I refer to Titus' comments under my last).

I have repeatedly said that I LIKE the fact that Beck can be as forthright as he is about his faith... it is his show, and he is the one spending millions of dollars to put on events like 8/28 and Restoring America, and the shows he does are HIS shows.

First, you can stop repeating the mantra that he has a right to do what he wishes with his own show. This isn't Soviet era Russia, we all get this, it's not in dispute.

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I simply think he sometimes gets further afield with his call to faith and Christian principles during his commentary on politics and figures within politics that do not (either overtly or covertly) profess the same level of faith.

"Further afield" as compared to what or who exactly? I mean that, please answer.

That being asked, this is simply a difference of opinion, perhaps a difference in expectations even, so really no problem here. Your thinking it unwise or otherwise disliking his calls for a "return to God" within public service circles is fine with the likes of me, I simply disagree that this somehow detracts from his show or is inappropriate.

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The best example I can give is that he "resents" (my word, not his) having his faith mocked by the Left, but he will allow himself to mock the faith (or lack thereof) of President Obama. I understand that his point on Obama's "professed" faith is that it is less than genuine... but ultimately, anyone's faith is NO ONE'S business but God's and their own. After all, in an ideal "restored" America, the professed or practiced faith of a President should mean NOTHING to the people he represents. Muslim, Christian, Jew, atheist... as long as he fills his role as PotUS with honor, dignity and an eye to the best course for the nation as a whole... what difference does it really make?

Now this is where you really start to hack me off. I've been listening to his radio show at regular intervals since I was a resident of the great state of Mississippi. He does not "resent" having his faith mocked, nor has he ever uttered words to that effect that I have heard. In fact in over 5 years of listenership I've only heard him utter the word "Mormon" 2 to 3 times (he nearly ALWAYS uses general Christian terms that are not Latter Day Saint specific). He has discussed the disdain the Left holds for Christians, in a broad sense, but not Mormonism in specific. With the one exception of poking fun at Rosey O"Donnel's comments that Mitt Romney was conspiring with the head of the Mormon Church in the bowels of some hidden lair within our Temples.

Furthermore, he DOES NOT "mock" or otherwise make fun of other religions, or the lack thereof, not even the President's. What he has done is have very serious discussions about whether the Rev. Wright Church was mainstream, and the overt political doctrine laden therein. He also had serious discussions on what he considered to be the evil inherent in "collective salvation", as professed by the President. And his primary citation in demonstrating that mainstream Christianity traditionally rejects collective notions of salvation, describing it as evil, was a quote from a then Cardinal Ratzinger ... perhaps you've heard of him.

And third, he has repeatedly said he doesn't care one wit whether the Commander-In-Chief is an Atheist or a member of any particular faith, as long as he conducts himself with honor - which is why he named his entire rally movement "Restoring Honor", rather then "restoring Christianity in government." In addition he has said at nauseam that he is in a position to judge NO man, their faith is between nobody but God and the individual. It's just that when that individual is the president, and his professed faith carries with it an overt political doctrine perverting the traditional meaning of social justice, it is worth examining. Isn't that what we call on mainstream Muslims to do - call out and discuss perversions of their faith?

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Were the fears of those that didn't want a Catholic President shown to be justified after the election of Kennedy? Both Hoover and Nixon were Quakers (traditionally pacifists and against oaths and allegiances), but no one ever questioned their ability to lead dispite the "calling" of their faiths.

For the love of Pete, he has never even COME CLOSE to expressing "fears" that a practicing Muslim, Christian (of any sect), Jew, or atheist would assume the Oval Office. Again, as long as they conducted themselves honorably. I think that because you happen to know Beck is a Mormon that you are inserting this presumption of "fearing" alternative faiths entering the public sector where such fears do NOT exist.

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One's faith does not "define" their character, but I feel it reflects it. Associations made in the name of faith definitely do... and Beck doesn't do a good enogh job seperating that distinction in his show. He's too quick to sanction his own beliefs ahead of anyone else's (specifically Obama and Co.'s)... that was my point.

This is perhaps the most asinine of all. He never, EVER EVER EVER, "sanctions" his faith above others ... EVER. The "beliefs" he sanctions over Obama's & co are exclusively POLITICAL in nature. The battle for which political ideology is best for America is where he sanctions his "beliefs" over say, Marxism. As constructed this paragraph of yours seems to portray a man calling on public servants to be Christian, and perhaps even Mormon, less they fall short of the requirements for public leadership.

I know you "like" the show, but this area of criticism makes my blood boil. It's as if you're reading snippets about the way he implements his faith into his show from of the Huffington Post rather then commenting on your own first hand listening.

I'm glad that you find his ability to forthrightly express his faith in God refreshing. But when you espouse this angle of critique you seem to portray a man xenophobic about his own faith, perhaps ignorant about what should be expected of public servants, and even fearful about non Christians serving in public office. None of which are true.