Posted on 08/09/2012 5:40:19 PM PDT by Colofornian
WASHINGTON — Concerning Mormons and Republicans, history offers a large helping of irony. In 1843, an Army officer named John C. Fremont led a geographical expedition of 39 men more than 1,700 miles to the shores of the Great Salt Lake. His report on the journey inspired hounded Mormons to mount their wagons and resettle in the Great Basin.
Thirteen years later in Philadelphia, Fremont became the first presidential nominee of the Republican Party, which adopted a platform opposing the "twin relics of barbarism — Polygamy, and Slavery." The slogan, and the anti-Mormon sentiment behind it, caught on. A Republican rally in Indianapolis, reportedly attended by 60,000 people, included an ox-drawn parade wagon depicting Brigham Young along with six wives dressed in hoop skirts, each with a little Brigham in her arms.
...In the typology of sociologists Robert Putnam and David Campbell, Mormons remain a rejected "out-group," unlike accepted "in-groups" such as Catholics and Jews. Large majorities of Americans perceive Mormonism as "very different" from their own religious beliefs.
But in this case, the counsel of religious reticence is wrong. Romney should not be afraid to highlight his faith.
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Questions remain about the role of Mormonism in depressing evangelical political enthusiasm. Some religious conservatives are concerned that a Romney presidency would provide theological legitimacy for a rival, proselytizing faith. But it is unclear how silence from Romney on religion would mitigate this fear. And a portion of the evangelical enthusiasm gap is explainable for another reason entirely: the suspicions of social conservatives about the authenticity of Romney's social conservatism.
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This does not mean Romney should quote from the Book of Jarom in his convention speech...
(Excerpt) Read more at deseretnews.com ...
Shouting in caps is a poor excuse for YOUR inability to produce it.
Shame!
YOU DON'T EVEN GET THE POINT, DO YOU? HAVE FUN IN THAT LAND YOU LIVE IN, WHEREVER IT IS.
Don’t want or need “luck” from anyone who “thanks” the kind of people who post that kind of dreck as “voices of sanity” and then plays obtuse.
I suspect you are of like mind and using a more underhanded and deceptive approach, “faux kindness”. Using deception and sarcasm as a means to undercut the message by attacking the character of other FReepers. Only not doing it right out in the open.
Exposing hypocrites for what they are is truth, a hit dog yelps, the truth hurts, etc.
Sure is a lot yelping going on from the pro-Romney crowd here on FR.
Can’t “seem” to find their manners.
If our paths on FR never cross again, that will be fine with me. I don’t cotton to deceivers or folks who can’t abide by or recognize the truth.
19 A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.
Proverbs 6:12-19 (New King James Version)
Interesting verse you posted there...don’t you have anything to say to your “brethren” that you’ve been thanking on this thread?
Have any verses of “wisdom” for them or just those that post in opposition to them and those of like mind?
The devil can and does quote scripture...
I believe further discussion would be pointless so just wish you well...
I call it like I see it.
You are in agreement with and cheer lead for those who create an atmosphere of dissension and discord.
They have chosen to ignore the pleas for civility so they are not entitled to receive it kind.
Just like their cheerleaders, of which, you are one.
If you’re going to try and hold me to such a high standard, maybe you should crawl out of the gutter you’re in and disavow those whom you congratulate as “voices of sanity”.
Those who hurl invectives and personal attacks as a means of “being sane”.
Until then, we are not even on semi-equal footing and you are on their side.
I don’t “owe” you anything until their behavior is disavowed by so-called “civil” people.
Until then, good day.
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