Sarasota, FL — Calling the U.S. a country of “toleration,” Rudy Giuliani today praised his rival, Mitt Romney, for his speech on faith, saying that he agrees with everything he heard in Romney’s speech and believes the former Massachusetts governor put any questions about his faith “to rest.”

“I thought Governor Romney said everything I agree with. I guess it’d be better if he didn’t have to do that….he did what he thought he had to do….you would wish that everybody would move beyond that,” Giuliani said. “I believe his talk helped to put that issue to rest. There is no religious test for office. There shouldn’t be a religious test for office.”

Giuliani made the comments after receiving an endorsement from the 10-13 Association (an organization of retired NYPD officers) as part of a quick campaign swing through the Sunshine State.

“We are a country of toleration. We are a country that was built on religious freedom. And we are country..in which we respect each other’s right to have different views about religion, about God, about belief in God and how we all look at it,” he added. “I think the Governor made that point very clearly today. I can’t imagine anybody disagreeing with that.”

Romney gave his much-anticipated speech on his Mormon faith earlier today in Texas. (More here)