NEW VIDEO: Romney Accepts “Canterbury Medal for Religious Freedom”

Jun 3, 2008

On May 8, 2008, Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann were awarded the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty’s Canterbury Medal for "Courage in the Defense of Religious Liberty." Mr. Romney’s 18-minute acceptance speech, before friends and supporters of the Becket Fund at the Metropolitan Club in New York, focused on the need for religion in a free society.

The Canterbury Medal is awarded annually to the public figure who "resolutely and publicly refused to render unto Caesar that which is God's." Past recipients include Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel, Mary Ann Glendon of Harvard Law School and current U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See and Charles Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries.

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Watch Part I of Gov. Romney’s acceptance speech here:

Watch Part II of Gov. Romney’s acceptance speech here: