“he said. “I think someone who has been a part of a persecuted religion is going to be even more sensitive to the issue of religious freedom.”(
I am not Mormon. But I think it has to do with the violent persecution of Mormons (and some of them, yes, did fight back) in the 19th century in the US. Some moved to Mexico, like Romney's great-grandfather. In Mexico, they, like many other overtly religious people, were persecuted by Mexico's anticlerical leftist government early in the 20th century.
Romney was my last choice among the GOP candidates, but the persecution of Mormons is a fact of history. None of us knows Romney's heart, I suppose, but it stands to reason that, if his family and co-religionists experienced persecution, he may have learned that religious persecution is not a good thing.
I wondewr if he learnt that polygamy is not a good thing...
He never has spoken against it...
He is the father of gay marriage and many polygamists are for gay marriage...
Polygamy is the reason Willards great grandfather went to Mexico...
polygamy is the reason the Mormons were not accepted by the Christians in the areas they moved to..
polygamy and crime is the reason for the local law enforcement so called “persecuting” them..
polygamy was against the law from 1862 and the Mormons insisted on breaking the “unlawful habitation” laws ...
The last polygamous Mormon leader (prophet/president) died in 1945...
It was not until 1945 80 years after the polygamy law was passed that the Mormons finally had a monogamous “prophet”
Willard in his religious beliefs accepts “sustains” all the former teachings of Mormonism including their doctrine of polygamy which remains the “first principle” the main tenet of their beliefs, necessary for advancement to godhood which is necessary to get into the top of the three tiers of their afterlife...