Posted on 06/23/2007 1:28:02 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(AP) SALT LAKE CITY -- Mitt Romney said Saturday that criticism of his Mormon religion by rival GOP presidential campaigns is happening too frequently.
“Clearly, any derogatory comments about anyone’s faith—those comments are troubling. The fact they keep on coming up is even more troubling,” Romney said during a fundraising trip in the home state of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Mormon church is one of the fastest-growing religions and claims about 12.5 million members worldwide. But many evangelical Christians in crucial primary states such as Iowa and South Carolina consider the faith a cult.
Romney’s remarks follow an apology from GOP rival John McCain’s campaign for comments about the Mormon church allegedly made this year by a volunteer.
Also recently, Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, issued a similar apology for a campaign worker’s e-mail to Iowa Republican leaders that was an apparent attempt to draw unfavorable scrutiny of Romney’s religion. Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani apologized after the New York Sun noted that a campaign aide had forwarded to a blogger a story about unofficial Mormon lore. Legend has it that a Mormon would save the Constitution, the story said. The campaign aide passed the story along with a note: “Thought you’d find this interesting.”
Romney said in a large presidential race there always will be some volunteers or workers who cannot be controlled. But he said the difference between derogatory comments that originated from the McCain campaign and others is that the Arizona senator has not personally apologized to him.
“In the case of Senator Brownback and Mayor Giuliani ... they called immediately. They each spoke with me personally. I don’t have any issue with that at all,” Romney said.
He said McCain “can do whatever he feels is the right thing. There’s no need for me to suggest how people respond to things that go on in the campaign.”
Tucker Bounds, a McCain campaign spokesman, said the McCain campaign has already apologized.
“It’s a very sincere apology. There is absolutely no place for those type of comments in our campaign,” he said.
Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, said he had not spoken with McCain since the last presidential debate, on June 5.
Romney used a fundraiser hosted by Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller to criticize the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. It banned unregulated, unlimited contributions from corporations, unions and wealthy individuals to national political parties and federal candidates.
“The bill ought to be repealed,” he said. “It’s been the wrong course for American campaigns.”
Romney said he favors unlimited donations as long as they are immediately disclosed on the Internet.
Romney was attending fundraisers in Salt Lake City and in Logan on Saturday.
Hello...
My name is Elsie -
- and I’m a (gulp) Baptolic.
The Bible I use is 90.4% Catholic.
You are TWISTING this to meet an agenda!!
—MormonDude
Now the NEA will be down on your case!!
Don’t you KNOW that SOME may have nut allegies, so ALL must give up their right to eat them?!
The BOOK says "yes" !
HOPEFUL sounds more like it!
Seven,
“Do you equally condemn Peter, the one whom the Savior made his “rock” and built His church upon. He nearly split the head of a Roman in twain with his sword while defending Jesus, but only took off an ear instead. “
First, I do not argue that justice with fairness was
accomplished. I would have preferred him to face a fair
trial.
OK, now to Peter. Yes, Peter was wrong and was corrected
by Jesus (the real One). Peter, was not a martyr in this
instance. History does record his upside down crucifixion,
but does not say he was locked and loaded as it occurred.
So, it seems very different. Since Jesus corrected Peter,
I certainly will not do more.
Beyond that, I posted the facts from Wiki and I know no
more.
best,
ampu
It’s a SIGN!!!!
Insult ME all you want, but keep my Sweetie OUT of it!
2 Timothy 3:16-17 "All Scripture is God-breathed
and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting
and training in righteousness..."
Indeed!
They neither toil nor spin!
What 'changes'??
Do you not KNOW that the BoM is the 'Most correct of any book on earth'???
(It say so in the introduction of the 1981 copyrighted version: the paper back one with the pretty Navy cover and the gold leaf lettering)
--MormonDude
Why?
placemaroni
Ye foul DEMON!!
Quit postings these ‘FACTS’!!!
You want someone to have a ‘crisis of faith’ and KILL themselves???
Your hands would then have HIS blood on them!!
You must HATE us!!
—MormonDude
Hehee...
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