Cantor: Country’s ‘moral fabric’ at stake in November

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) tried to rally social conservatives around GOP nominee Mitt Romney during a speech in Washington on Friday, arguing that the upcoming election might be "the most important in history" because of its moral, rather than economic, implications.

Speaking to attendees of the Values Voter Summit, Cantor framed various recent news events, ranging from the Chicago teachers strike to the turmoil bubbling in the Middle East, as issues of morality.

"This election is going to determine whether or not the very moral fabric of our country will be upheld or whether it will be torn apart," Cantor said at the opening of his speech, to resounding applause.

He also remarked on the controversy sparked when Democrats omitted mention of God from their party's platform at their national convention last week and were asked by President Obama to reinsert the language.

"This is despite what that other party has put in their platform; let us remember we are that one nation under God, and we will stand tall, and stand proud, through all that," he said.

Cantor couched the fight against Obama's healthcare law in terms of faith as well, saying religious freedom is at stake.

"Many of our fellow Americans are now being forced to take our government to court, to sue them, to sue our government in order to practice our faith," he said, arguing that this is why "we must repeal ObamaCare."

Thus far, conservatives have been unable to repeal the law in Congress, and have instead challenged it in court largely on a state-by-state level. Romney has pledged to repeal the law if elected president.

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