Disregard the previous post - I missed your link.
As of March 7, 2007 (~2 months ago) Pres GW Bush gave a sovereign of a foreign nation Observer status at the UN. As the Vatican is in fact a nation unto itself - there is a rationale for this action.
However, we now have one set of rules for Catholics, but no similar statute for Buddhist, Wiccians, Baptists, Lutherans, Evangelist, Angelican, Seventh Day Adventists or any other faith.
Why is the Pope entitled to a position that no one else on the planet can aspire too? If your Pope can have this, why can’t the LDS Prophet have a similar position? And if we are passing out Observer seats to the UN to leaders of religons - where do we stop?
The LDS faith does NOT dictate politics from the pulpit - I have no idea what Romney has in mind. I do wonder what was going through President GW Bush’s mind when he signed this executive order; as all it can do is cause problems. This, along with other decisions he has made of late appear to be the tactics of a Lame Duck precidency. His actions on illegal immigration alone will likely sink the Republican Party. President Bush apparently doesn’t care that he is single handedly giving the election away to the Democrats.
Does the Vatican contribute to the UN in any way? If not, why should they have a seat?