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“Then you discover she’s diehard LDS. And you realize that LDS believe that a woman needs a worthy Mormon husband to get to the highest level of heaven—the celestial kingdom. And since that’s not “you,” you realize either (a) you become a convert to advancing what she believes in your life; or (b) you realize this relationship would never go anywhere long term, so you remain disinterested.... “

FreeRepublic really should be above this level of religious bigotry.
Would you engage in a smear on Rudy, about Mary worship, or burning candles to Saints? Maybe you want to pick a fight with John McCain over Episcopalian Baptism. Mitt is not running for leadership of your faith, he is running for POTUS

You do realize that Mitt is a "lay" minister don't you? He in fact has been a Stake President (which is said to be equivalent to a diocese in Catholicism .)

If McCain was a Episcopal minister, or Guliani a priest then we certainly WOULD and SHOULD be discussing how their prior oaths might interfere with their elected office.

If they were ministers in the Church of IZOD, it would probably be of vital interest to Americans to find out exactly what in the heck IZOD beliefs entail. To do otherwise is a practice in absolute stupidity.....but then again why should we expect our fellow Americans not to act in a stupid and uninformed way, and vote a candidate because he has nice hair, a good smile, and tells you what you want to hear on any given subject (of course his opinion is subject to changed based upon new "revelation") SHEESH!

FreeRepublic really should be above this level of religious bigotry. Would you engage in a smear on Rudy, about Mary worship...

"Mary worship" is an "added-on" doctrine that doesn't label all non-Catholics as apostates of the faith, as having churches full of "corrupt" leaders, and as labeling all other church doctrines as creeds smacking of an "abomination" before God, does it?

...burning candles to Saints?

Same as above--this is a ritual that doesn't simultaneously condemn all other creeds & religious folks & religious leaders.

Maybe you want to pick a fight with John McCain over Episcopalian Baptism.

I don't know, do I? (McCain claims he's been attending a Baptist church for a while now...so if he's left his Episcopalian background, what's there even to address...anyway, as far as I know Episcopalians or Baptisms don't label the creeds of other denominations as an "abomination"--nor label all their leaders as "corrupt" and "apostate"...Or perhaps you know something I don't know?)

Mitt is not running for leadership of your faith, he is running for POTUS.

This situation is analogous to a candidate whose an open- doctrinaire communist. This candidate comes my way--to me whose a successful businessman who has benefitted from capitalism. He says: "You are an apostate from Marx. Every capitalistic creed is an abomination before the sovereign state. Your capitalistic leaders are corrupt. There are only two economic systems: the system of the devil (if he exists), capitalism; and the perfect ideal system, communism. I can expect your vote, then?"

Can you explain how this analogous scenario above is any different than a doctrinaire Mormon who subscribes to the Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith - History, verses 18-19?

“Then you discover she’s diehard LDS. And you realize that LDS believe that a woman needs a worthy Mormon husband to get to the highest level of heaven—the celestial kingdom. And since that’s not “you,” you realize either (a) you become a convert to advancing what she believes in your life; or (b) you realize this relationship would never go anywhere long term, so you remain disinterested.... “ FreeRepublic really should be above this level of religious bigotry.

this IS WHAT you CONSIDER bigotry???

It's going to get real interesting, from your perspective, later in this thread!