Mitt Romney embraces his Mormonism in public after years of discretion

[Smilo]

A Mormon bishop will perform the opening invocation on Thursday, the day of Romney's speech, and campaign officials have hinted that he will talk openly about his Mormonism.

In a recent Washington Post column Michael Gerson argued that given Romney's performance so far, the downsides aren't that great. "Take away Romney's religion and you are left with Harvard, Bain and various corporate boardrooms," he wrote.

"Mormonism has been one of the main stages for his leadership, as well as the main setting where he has displayed humanity. … Mormonism is the reason for Romney's rectitude, the explanation for his wholesomeness, the key to understanding his persona. Without it, he would merely be a stiff, able management consultant. Romney's reticence on religion leaves a large personal and biographical gap."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/27/mitt-romney-embrace-mormonism

[dimbear]

1. I hope he characterizes the two great Mormon heroes, Joseph Smith and Brigham Young.

It is the patriotic duy of every American not to vote without knowing the characters of these two men.

[Politicalboi]

2. Wasn't he a governor too

"Take away Romney's religion and you are left with Harvard, Bain and various corporate boardrooms," he wrote.

Man, I guess he forgot. I know Rmoney wants us to forget.

[GentryDixon]

3. He needs to explain why it is ok to lie.

Or as the Mo's call it, "lying for the Lord".

[GallopingGhost]

5. Jesus must make a special exception for Mormons

The Bible I read clearly says all liars will have a place in the lake of fire.

[Voice for Peace]

7. and whether the Church trumps the Constitution,

whether he believes Jesus is coming back to Missouri,

whether the Mormon Church teaches the gospel of obscene wealth for the few,

etc

[GallopingGhost]

4. "talk openly about his Mormonism..."

sounds like an unpleasant disease.

"the explanation for his wholesomeness..."

"Wholesome" is the last thing that comes to mind when I think of Romney.

[Voice for Peace]

6. If he's bringing Mormonism out into the open, so can everyone else.

There is the question of the church giving him permission,
during his run for MA Gov, to claim that he was pro-choice.

The passion and the depth, ah, how eloquent he was, speaking
of a woman's right to choose, and swearing never to undermine
that right.

Apparently it was only theater, as he confessed to a reporter
some time later. The church elders had more or less given him
permission to take a pro-choice position purely for the purpose
of winning the election -- although the church and the bishop
himself have always been anti-choice.

[Angry Dragon]

8. Let's not forget this: Mountain Meadows massacre

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_massacre

[madrchsod]

9. the baptists and the mormons were mortal enemies in the 1800`s

they were ran out of illinois because they thought they did`t have to follow the laws of the state. they also accepted bandits and refused to hand them over to the local authorities.

i find it ironic that now the southern baptist`s accepts the mormons....