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To: Diogenesis; Sherman Logan
Most complaints regard Romney's BEHAVIOR.

I can't count how many hundreds of times I've posted comments on Romney's...
...abortion stances & comments/stances on embryos...
...ENDA & homosexual support...
...Same-sex marriage being passed on his watch in MA...
...Bay State Romneycare...
...Romney as board member for Marriott & Marriott as a member of the porn industry -- to the degree that even the DesNews took him to task in '07 on this issue...
...etc.

...Yet here is ALSO a consistent point I've been making: I've make numerous posts that link Romney's wishy-washy stances on many issues (abortion, embryos/stem cells, ENDA, healthcare, etc.) to the reality that Mormon church leadership is also wishy-washy:

Issue examples are...
...Illegal aliens...
...Homosexual rights in Salt Lake City (2009)...
...Abortion exceptions within their church body...
...Blacks as priests (1978)...
...Polygamy (1831 change to override polygamy described as an "abomination" in Book of Mormon; 1890 change, etc.)

Harry Reid told his BYU audience in 2007 when he was speaking to them "I am a Democrat BECAUSE I am a Mormon, not in spite of it."
Source: Reid Gets Warm Reception at BYU

Well, I have a similar point: Mitt Romney's wishy-washy, waffling behavior is in part, BECAUSE he is a Mormon leader who operates in the same "convenient" tradition he has seen so many other Mormon leaders operate in...

All you have to do is to read the Reed Smoot hearings in the early 1900s and you'll see how convenient it was for even the top Lds "prophet" to lie under oath to cover up even his own personal polygamous relationships!

Too many FREEPERS, unknowledgeable about historical and more recent flip-flopping behaviors by Mormon leaders are too quick to de-link Romney's behavior to Mormonism.

It's time some of you FREEPERS get an education in historical Mormonism.

17 posted on 06/12/2011 6:03:28 PM PDT by Colofornian (I already have a God as my leader. Why do I need ANOTHER one as POTUS?)
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To: Colofornian

Harry Reid told his BYU audience in 2007 when he was speaking to them “I am a Democrat BECAUSE I am a Mormon, not in spite of it.”

Hillary could say the same thing about being a Methodist. Jimmy Carter could say the same thing about being a Southern Baptist. Kennedy and Pelosi could say the same thing about being Catholic. Jerry Nadler could say the same thing about being Jewish. If you want to be a liberal then you will find a way to justify it even if it doesn’t make sense.


24 posted on 06/12/2011 6:18:13 PM PDT by ari-freedom (All we are saying....is give the military a chance)
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