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There is no denying that the Mormon teaching on race is and will be a problem for Romney.

Here is a good summary from catholic.com:

http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/whats-the-real-story-on-mormon-beliefs-and-race

This is what it said about the 1978 developments:

Dated June 8, 1978, and released the following day, President Kimball’s “Official Declaration—2” (as it is now called in the Mormon scripture Doctrine and Covenants) came after “extended meditation and prayer in the sacred rooms of the holy temple.” He presented the changed doctrine to his counselors, the Twelve Apostles, and other leaders, who approved it unanimously. The day has come, he said, when the Lord now grants to “every faithful, worthy man in the Church . . . the holy priesthood . . . [and] the blessings of the temple.” The declaration was presented to the general membership and ratified pro forma on September 30, 1978.

Though this opening of the priesthood to all races moved the Mormon Church into a less racist position regarding its practice, Mormon teaching remained unaltered. The new “revelation” did not change the previous Mormon teaching that people are born black because of their sins in the pre-existence.

That definitely clarified some things for me. I’m still having a hard time seeing how “people are born black because of their sins in the pre-existence” is more offensive than “white people are the devil...right now,” although both are at least somewhat offensive.

Hi Gil4, I have a problem with romney as a socialist governor moreso than any issue of faith. We only looked into it because of the possibility he could be the nominee. I was completely disgusted with him long prior to this.

And really, my point isn't with the church's doctrine so much as how it will be used to destroy romney in the election.

It sounds like harsh persecution but my point is that we are going to have to answer for all of this in any argument we make for romney as a candidate. Well, not me. He can take a flying leap for all I care.

I think we are just beginning to see the attacks from this perspective. Did you see the news report that OReilly showed last night? I'll try to find the youtube video so you can see.

My concern is a practical assessment on how this doctrine will be used, in conjunction with obama's fostering of racial tensions, to completely destroy the GOP come fall.

Now on a personal level, my family would be categorized as lamanites by the mormon church. My beautiful kids would be subjected to institutionalized discrimination because of this. For that alone, I'd dismiss ever supporting one politically unless they openly repudiate the doctrine.

I didn't know any of this before. Knowledge worked against them in this case. Imagine what will happened with 150 million democrats being fed liberal propaganda in 30 second sound bytes. Imagine what will happen in cities like Detroit, St Louis and Philidelphia.