(CNN) -- White House hopeful Mitt Romney will tell Americans Thursday morning as he seeks to become the nation's first Mormon president that he shares the same "moral convictions" as other people of faith. GOP White House hopeful Mitt Romney says his address won't be a "JFK speech." The former Massachusetts governor is delivering the speech to address religion's role in government but also to address concerns voters might have about the Mormon religion. In excerpts released Thursday morning, Romney talks about the shared convictions of all faiths. But he resists those who would have him explain his own faith.
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Romney to address role of religion in society in speech Thursday
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Speech is being compared to JFK's 1960 speech about Catholicism, politics
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Some say speech is what sealed Kennedy's win over Nixon
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19 percent say they are less likely to vote for a Mormon, poll shows
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