Since I won’t be voting for Romney or Obama or the GOPE who gave us these two, but down ticket only, I will say that Romney is a Bishop of the Mormon sect, but a nominal Mormon who flip flops on his rudderless religion as easily as he does on the Republican platform, which is meaningless, but, you get my drift here. He is an empty suit on religious issues, except for being the first to box in Catholic institutions in MA on their religious liberty, which was apparent in forcing Romneycare there, the template used by Barack Obama.
The worst of Obamacare/Romneycare is before the Supreme Court today but with Obama’s name on it—that is, religious liberty as affected by the individual mandate, which forces the religious self insurers to provide for abortion regardless of the tenents of their faith.
Doubt Romney nor Leavitt actually give a large rip about polygamy either way. It is simply the proclivity of Romney and Obama to support Marxist redistribution of wealth in their mutual care packages (RomneyObamaCare) and the ease with which they are both willing to forcefully compel a religion to dump their faith and PAY for abortion in the name of fiscal stewardship. Yuk.
Ron Paul has a problem of clarification as to what all he is willing to ignore in the name of libertarian purity. Does he give a rip about social issues (pot) or religious issues (marriage as a sacrament) which are not expressly defined and addressed in the Constitution as if it were a dang dictionary?
This is what decay looks like. Two empty suits are propped up by two parties who have obviously melled into one, and a morally and religiously confused and divided populace quite willing to comply with anything, in exchange for just a little Peace and Safety. The price, of course, will be liberty. But we know that already.
Gad.
Romney is not a nominal mormon.
He holds a temple recommendation (TR), only 15% or so of mormons make it to that high level.
There actually is nothing in Romney’s liberalism that is contrary to his mormonism.
Romney’s family has been in the hierarchy of mormonism since its foundation and he quite frequently refers to believing in and supporting the faith of his fathers.
I am aware that Leavitt has big government-itus problems.
What would anyone expect of a top Romney pick? This is why Perry and we his original supporters called Mitt “ObamaLite”.
My points are two: this appt. by Romney isn’t about Polygamy, one.
And two, misguided as lib RINOS are, they aren’t the same as the Obamanoids who despise this nation and are determined to destroy it and replace it with unspeakable horror.
We have to deal with BOTH.
Obama and minions should have no power over this nation, but frighteningly, right now they do, and they will for years more unless they are defeated.
Romney must be held to account by true, patriotic, conservative constitutionalists.
Elect as many conservatives as possible to every office, and stay on their case to stay on Romney’s case.
I myself have not voted for Romney and don’t plan to. But I have the blessing to live in a state that will vote ABO without my vote.
But there are wonderful Americans in certain swing states, and I see them and say, there but for the grace of God go I.
I won’t attack any American who decides they have to get Obama out and voting Romney is the only way.
It’s a conscience vote. Person by person, state by state.