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Hayes was deeply insulted. She told him she would never surrender her child. Sure, her life wasn't exactly the picture of Rockwellian harmony, but she felt she was on a path to stability. In that moment, she also felt intimidated. Here was Romney, who held great power as her church leader and was the head of a wealthy, prominent Belmont family, sitting in her gritty apartment making grave demands. "And then he says, 'Well, this is what the church wants you to do, and if you don't, then you could be excommunicated for failing to follow the leadership of the church,'" Hayes recalled. It was a serious threat. At that point Hayes still valued her place within the Mormon Church. "This is not playing around," she said. "This is not like 'You don't get to take Communion.' This is like 'You will not be saved. You will never see the face of God.'" Romney would later deny that he had threatened Hayes with excommunication, but Hayes said his message was crystal clear: "Give up your son or give up your God."
Looking past their uncomfortable conversation before Dane's birth, she called Romney and asked him to come to the hospital to confer a blessing on her baby. Hayes was expecting him. Instead, two people she didn't know showed up. She was crushed. "I needed him," she said. "It was very significant that he didn't come." Sitting there in the hospital, Hayes decided she was finished with the Mormon Church.
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/02/mitt-romney-201202
Missy Vixen
(16,207 posts)like every other story that's come out so far about Romney.
He has no business in ANY leadership position.
Championship bonus re: threatening to excommunicate the woman involved. I'll bet the Mormon Church is none too happy about this development, especially with the very expen$ive public relations campaign they're now waging on TVs around the country.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Did they also "suggest" those "wives" put their children up for adoption?
Real caring attitude.
get the red out
(13,460 posts)Family values anyone????? This is more disgusting than Newt!