A Vote for Romney Is a Vote for the LDS Church: One evangelical explains why he cannot support Mitt

Patheos ^ | May 24, 2011 | Warren Cole Smith

[2ndDivisionVet]

Comments?

[Servant of the Cross]

A Vote for Romney Is a Vote for the LDS Church an unrepentant abortionist/statist lying political whore!

[mnehring]

If Romney actually represented the values of the LDS church, I would be more inclined to like him. Mormons are on par, more Conservative than most groups. However, he is just another Liberal RINO and like all, he represents the values of the Church of Liberalism first.

[Dan(9698)]

I am a Mormon and I don't support Mit Romney.

In my case it is because he is a North East Liberal.

I also do not support Dingy Harry because he is a Liberal.

The Church does not endorse or support any political candidates.

[PMAS]

As much as I dislike Romney, if it comes down to Romney vs. Obama — I would vote for Romney.

[TheBattman]

I am an "evangelical" and Romney's mormonism doen't even break into the top 10 of my reasons I will not vote for him. I think we need to focus on substance.. like the fact that Mitt Romney is:

[Malone LaVeigh]

Gee, vote for the Mormon, ... or vote for the muslim.
What a choice!

[yellowroses]

I’m a “Mormon” and I will not vote for him in the Primary, mainly because he’s a “RHINO” and being so wealthy, all his life, I don’t think he relates well to a poor working slob like me. But, if he ends up as running against ODUMBO, I’ll vote for him, because I feel he understands our economy, and how it should be run.

He ain’t perfect, that’s for sure. I’ll vote for Sarah Palin or a true conservative before I vote for Romney.

[Leaning Right]

2ndDivisionVet,

Good to see that you are posting again. Hope everything is OK.

[ansel12]

Weyrich ultimately repented of this view. Before Weyrich died in 2008, one of his last public appearances was to a small group of conservative leaders who were discussing whether to endorse John McCain for president after it became obvious that he would be the GOP nominee. Weyrich, though frail and bound to a wheelchair, said clearly and emphatically that he had made a grave mistake endorsing Romney, and essentially asked the social conservatives in the room to forgive him. For many of us, it was the last time we saw Weyrich alive.

What Weyrich understood was that you can't have it "both ways" when it comes to Romney's faith. You can't say that his religious beliefs don't matter, but his "values" do. The Christian worldview teaches that there is a short tether binding beliefs to the values and behaviors that flow from them. If the beliefs are false, then the behavior will eventually—but inevitably—be warped.

After watching and learning about Mitt Romney for several years now, I know that something is wrong with his mind, he is driven and rigid in persona, but is internally unstable and disconnected from everything.

[faucetman]

Good article, but does he or does he not wear the special underpants?

[freedomwarrior998]

One should oppose Romney because he is wrong on many issues, not because he is a Mormon or rich.

[Mount Athos]

It’s not an interesting argument to me.

I’m more concerned that a vote for Romney is a vote for the church of global warming. Now that is a real threat to us. Foreshadows massive growth in government and government intervention.

[Erik Latranyi]

I doubt the author is a conservative.

This is just another attempt to paint conservatives as Christian bigots by the media.

Romney is not conservative enough to get my vote. His religious views are irrelevant.

[csuzieque]

A person born into and indoctrinated as a youth into any philosophy will have a difficult time questioning any belief system (see: Obama). As the Jesuits state: Give me a child until the age of 7 and I will have him forever. Whether Rommney has the capability to see beyond the bizarre teaching of LDS (or any doctrine) is known only to him.

[Tupelo]

Yeah I do have a question. When was the “Religion Qualification” added to the Constitution?
And where is it? I cannot find it.
Bigots show up in all guises.

[Tupelo]

Yeah I do have a question. When was the “Religion Qualification” added to the Constitution?
And where is it? I cannot find it.
Bigots show up in all guises.

[redangus]

As a lapsed Catholic (my mother has never forgiven me) this sounds a lot like what I heard back in 1960 about JFK and the Pope. I don’t think that Kennedy was that great of a president, but I don’t think he ever called the Pope for political advice.

Mitt Romney should be judged on his political merits not his religious affiliation. Though I have always suspected that much of the animus against Mr. Romney on this site was just as driven by his religion as by his politics.

[DM1]

SO this guy wont support him based on Mormonism? what a despicable reason not to vote for him. Mormons seem to practice what they preach and act a hell of a lot more Christian than some purported Christians i know. you dont like his policies, record etc fine but based on his being a Mormon is LAME.