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LDS in politics an uphill battle for 164 years

It isn't the first time. It won't be the last time. As long as their are mormons, there will be mormon candidates.

Someday there might be a mormon president.

I wish her the best of luck.

That was very interesting. Thanks for the history lesson.

We Mormons don't want Mitt to be excluded because of his religion but his religion is the main reason so many Mormons are supporting him.
Two faced if you ask me.

Until Mormons resolve the polygmy issue national politics will be a issue.

I think the polygamy thing is the main reason people shun the Mormons. If everyone wanted to practice polygamy than that is exactly what our society would be doing. NO ONE CARES to have a flock of wives. A normal man always says no if their heads are on straight. Most men I have talk to say they would never consider such a practice. And all woman I know hiss and growl at the thought of it. Anyway you look at it there is nothing good or sacred about it, as some may claim. And for their own wishful thinking.

I've heard many people frustrated with there being so much opposition to Mitt Romney for no other reason than that he's a Mormon. While I'll be the first to admit that ones religion is an entirely irrational reason for opposing a candidate, it's equally foolish to support a candidate based solely on the church they attend. When Romney is speaking to the gay/lesbian alliance, he is an ardent supporter of gay rights and "tolerance". Then later that day speaking to the Christian coalition he is the champion of traditional family values. And even if we've completely his waffling worse than John Kerry, there's still his actual policy and platform while in office: he has a socialist streak that deeply offends the Mormon Republican voter when that streak appears in a Democrat, but somehow we look at Romney and just say "Hooray for Mormon Republicans!", as if that alone could make people honorable and wise.

Polygamy isn't the only issue that people are concerned with. They are scared a morman president will impose their beliefs on society thru laws. And people should be scared of that because that is exactly what has happened here in Utah. Look at all these weird drinking laws. If you talk to someone who has visited here they all bring it up. If we want the rest of the nation to quit looking at us as a bunch of freaks then we need to quit acting like one.

Saying "Until Mormons resolve the polygmy issue", is liken saying The Southern Baptist's were heavily involved with the KKK and that is still an issue.

No LDS Mormon today is in Polygamy Learn the history of the LDS/Mormon church. Polygamy has been banned for 100 plus years in the Lds/Mormon Faith Ive a member of the Mormon faith for all my life and There is no NO polygamist in the LDS/Mormon today. Polygamy main city if u look at a map Its Colorado City Which is in Arizona which the follower's follow a false prophet, which claim there Mormon's , but get it though u'r think headed minds there r NO POLYGAMIST in the LDS/MORMON FAITH TODAY. Even though polygamy still continues today there not Member's of the LDS Faith they belong to a different faith which the say the belong which in reality they don't

If the LDS would open their mouth and defend their beliefs and explain their beliefs with conviction, these old arguments against the church would gradually disappear.

All right-faced citizens should vote for the best man...That man happens to be a Mormon. He has, experience, accomplishment, has charisma, speaks with authority and intellect, is handsome and very likeable. What more do you want? Perfection? He's pretty close...

Mormons have to look at it from someone elses point of view.

Imagine someone who is not mormon inquires about your mormon faith. What are you going to tell them.

Well our chruch was founded by Joseph Smith who was visited by God and his son Jesus in the woods of New York.

Joseph transcribed the New Testament from gold plates that God told him where they were buried.

The Faith practiced pologamy until it was forced not to gain state hood.

Blacks were banned from the priesthood until the late seventies....

If you new nothing about the Church and you heard all this stuff, wouldn't you think the Mormon faith was weird?

and put and end to this non sense...Bring a lawsuit against any and every person or organization that slanders the church. This is the only way to push back as proven by the NAACP, Jewish, & Gays etc.

If some of the statements made and reported on TV about Mormons, were directed at blacks, jews or gays there would lawsuits and firings. As along as the church continues to "turn the other cheek" we as memebers will continue to be slandered and insulted.

Hint. How many Mormons, especially in the deep South, have been passed over for hiring of promotion because they are known to be LDS. Hundreds, I know, I have heard it myself, first hand.

The LDS church may not be practising polygamy, now.
....but, as the saying goes,
"what goes around....comes, around."
The LDS church started it...the LDS church needs to clean it up.
Just think of the taxes, Utah is paying out for polygamist-related issues.

Weird? Well today it is weird or "not the norm" to seriously believe in a power in the heavens that is alive, active and very real. But: It is felt by many that prayers are sent and answered with little miracles no matter the demonination. It is -- because it is real. It is true. God is there. You and each can know it for themselves. He has spoken and is available. Nothing anyone accuses or logics can change that. That is the peace and beauty of it. There is peace amid storm. We are just so lucky to live in America. We are so very lucky to have the freedom of expression. Included in that expression is the power to call on a Marvelous Higher Power. No one knows better than a president of the United States that strength is needed from a higher power to know just what the next step should be. They may not always choose the correct thing -- But we are still free. We are still here. I just hope we all vote for a good man that will pray! I am voting for Romney. Please vote for your choice.

Hey, people, get over the polygamy issue! It's history! The Catholics once burned people at the stake, but that didn't stop Kennedy from being elected president. Besides, with the majority of unmarried people sleeping or living together without benefit of matrimony, what does it matter to anyone that a religious group once practiced an Old Testament tradition?

Another excellent article. I am sending some out to friends and will save this one in a special file. Keep it up.

Curtis Allen

Huckabee gets the endorsement of the leader of a major Christian college, then preaches at several several churches in "closed sessions." He generally wins the heart of Evangelicals everywhere, and nobody makes a fuss about it. BYU Management Club members send out one memo in suport of Romeny, and it hits national headlines as a Church-State issue.
Just something to think about..........

I am sorry to say that Mitt Romney is making all Mormons look bad.

I liked your article. I didn't realize there were so many democrats in the LDS church that were in politics. I looked up Mo Udall and he has long Mormon back ground. On one side of his family he has the unmentionable JD Lee, and then that of the greater of the two, and Pioneer that settle down in Kanab Utah. A peacemaker with the Indian people of Utah named Levi Stewart. Pretty interesting history. May I ask why DN picked a democrat for this article?