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Marco Rubio Used to Be a Mormon
New York mag ^
| 2/23/12 at 12:24 PM
| Noreen Malone
Posted on 06/29/2012 10:02:42 PM PDT by RnMomof7
Is America ready for its first all-Mormon-raised ticket? We're not talking Romney-Huntsman; we're talking Romney-Rubio. Buzzfeed reports that Marco Rubio, the GOP star senator from Florida, was baptized into the Church of the Latter-Day Saints when he was 8, and remained "active in the faith for a number of years during his early youth," according to family members, and confirmed by the Rubio camp. The family converted after moving near close relatives, the Denises, who had joined the church in the seventies. But Rubio's father, a bartender also named Marco, never converted himself; he "had little use for a religion that promoted a strict code of moral conduct that seemed at odds with the way he made a living."
The conversion didn't take for the whole family, ultimately, and Marco Jr. was supposedly a big part of that. He'd been the most enthusiastic convert to Mormonism, but then, according to his cousins, was also behind the family's return to their Catholic roots. Rubio, the likely favorite for the vice-presidential slot, received his Catholic First Communion at the age of 13. So what's the big deal? Take it away, Buzzfeed:
The revelation adds a new dimension to Rubio's already-nuanced religious history and could complicate his political future at a time when many Republicans see him as the odds-on favorite for the 2012 vice presidential nod. Vice presidential candidates are traditionally chosen to provide ethnic and religious balance to a ticket. Mitt Romney's Mormonism and Rubio's Catholic faith would already mean the first two members of minority traditions on a Republican ticket in American history. Rubio's Mormon roots could further complicate that calculation.
A sign that Rubio's aides see the story as potentially damaging: BuzzFeed's inquiries appear to have sent them into frantic damage-control mode, and after email inquiries from BuzzFeed but minutes before Conant responded with a phone call this morning a brief item appeared on the blog of the Miami Herald mentioning the Senator's religious past.
So the question now looks something like this: Would "secret Mormon" be as politically damaging as "secret Muslim"? Probably not: First of all, it's no longer secret, and even if the fact that Rubio selectively edited his biography to leave that chapter out raises some eyebrows and suggests it's something he finds politically damaging, it's harder for fringe conspiracy theorists (and scruple-free campaign operatives) to really do their thing with something that's out in the open as a fact. And Romney's rise to prominence within the GOP, though not without its bumps, proves that prejudice against Mormons isn't as intractable as prejudice against Muslims. Besides, even in Rubio's enthusiastic Mormon moment, when, as his cousin Michelle said, he was "totally into it," he was someone the GOP base could love. "He's always been into religion. Football and religion. Those were his things."
TOPICS: Religion & Politics; Theology
KEYWORDS: heresy; lds; rc; whocares
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To: Jeff Head
“Thanks for asking. I love to bear witess of and in His name, which I do now, in Jesus Holy name, Amen.”
It appears you forgot to “bear witness” to the Mormon Jesus being a created spirit being who later became one of millions or billions of moronic gods.
You seem to always mention the stuff everyone believes, while leaving out the cultic beliefs of Mormonism.... can’t be accidental after so many times.
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posted on
07/01/2012 12:44:29 PM PDT
by
aMorePerfectUnion
("I'm comfortable with a Romney win." - Pres. Jimmy Carter)
To: Nifster
I never said “full of”.
I did provide quotes from mormon authors, apparently you choose to ignore what they say. So be it.
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posted on
07/01/2012 5:11:22 PM PDT
by
svcw
(If one living cell on another planet is life, why isn't it life in the womb?)
To: Jeff Head
I sincerely pray your worsjip is gratifying and draws you closer to Christ, Jesus. We will be worshipping Him and growing closer to Him as well here in Idaho.
Jesus Christ is Gods Son, spiritually and physically. He calls Him Father, He prays to Him. We are to pray to Him,, God the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, His Son.
Gods voice was heard at Christs baptism, coming from Heaven while He was in the water. The Holy Sirit also descended. Three seperate entities/Gods.
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posted on
07/01/2012 5:17:28 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: svcw
I did not ignore anything. It is interesting that you do not respond to anything else that I presented in my responses. I am very clear you only want to bash mormons and will go to any lengths to do so.
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posted on
07/01/2012 5:53:57 PM PDT
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Nifster
To: Nifster
You made a statement.
I responded to the statement.
You asked for more information.
You didn’t like the information.
Now you want this to be about me.
I got it.
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posted on
07/01/2012 8:04:12 PM PDT
by
svcw
(If one living cell on another planet is life, why isn't it life in the womb?)
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To: RnMomof7
I agree with you that Romney is the worst possible GOP candidate, the only thing going for him is that he's not Obama.
Now I believe O has die-hard voters who will get out and vote for him. If all the luke-warm GOP voters sit home, Obama will win.
THAT is a horrible option.
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07/02/2012 1:18:49 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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