Romney Preaches Tolerance To Conservatives

Mitt Romney called for religious tolerance and an end to "poisonous language" in a speech to the Values Voter Summit on Saturday, one day after another speaker at the gathering attacked the GOP presidential candidate's Mormon faith, referring to it as a "cult."

Appearing before a gathering of religious activists who have been the hardest GOP constituency for him to win over, the Republican presidential frontrunner attempted a difficult balancing act: Associating himself with the group's socially conservative values while distancing himself from some of its members' more intemperate statements.

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