[dljordan]

"Brigham Young instituted polygamy he said after divine revelation, after the pioneers had trekked to SLC and thousands of the men (including Joseph Smith) had been murdered or jailed by so called good Christians."

Interesting sidenote. I'm from Nashville, Tn. and about twenty miles west of Nashville there's a historical marker denoting the massacre of a group of Mormons. I had no idea there were Mormons in Tennessee in the 1800's.

[Minus_The_Bear]

The book "Under the Banner of Heaven" is a really eye opening account about the brutally violent and corrupt history of the Mormon church. As for Romney, this discussion is meaningless because no southern (and mid-west to some extent) Republican will vote for somebody who is both Mormon and a Yankee. It just won't happen.