{"id":194,"date":"2006-12-06T14:57:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-06T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/virtualtalmud\/2006\/12\/too-much-information.html"},"modified":"2006-12-06T14:57:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-06T14:57:00","slug":"too-much-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/virtualtalmud\/2006\/12\/too-much-information.html","title":{"rendered":"Too Much Information?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Sullivan<\/a> has raised the issue of Mitt Romney\u2019s Mormon underwear. Sullivan, usually a very astute and articulate voice, goes a bit too far on this one.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Grossman is right<\/a> on this one. Who really cares what undergarments Romney wears or doesn\u2019t wear?<\/p>\n

I know this is a total overstatement, but what goes on inside someone\u2019s heart, head, or pants is not my concern. I am not sure why it matters what Romney wears unless we have reason to suspect it will influence his voting record and public policy.<\/p>\n

Personally, I would be more worried about a president wearing a kippah <\/span>or burkha or cross out in public than someone wearing a tallit kattan<\/span> with tzizizt <\/span>(a Jewish undergarment that has fringes) tucked inside his pants or Mormon underwear. Does his underwear tell us that he is a zealot or a Mormon extremist? Maybe, but let\u2019s first focus on his record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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