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LDS in politics an uphill battle for 164 years
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Two faced if you ask me.
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?
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.
....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.
Curtis Allen
Just something to think about..........
The Mormons say that religion should not be an issue when voting for president of the United States.
The Mormons are voting for Romney ONLY because he's a Mormon. That is the ONLY reason.
The Mormons would not vote for a candidate if the candidate were a Mormon Democrat.
Religion shouldn't make a difference? Doublespeak.
a house full of women all of high moral values.
sleeps with three of them and the country has no
problem with that. But somebody a hundred years
ago had more than one wife it makes Mitt bad?
It's the rest of the country that is wacked out.
The funny thing is that the LDS church says they have no part of these splinter groups even though they have many of the same foundational beliefs.
But these same foundational beliefs are not shared at all by the traditional Christian community.
Joseph Smith distanced his new founded church from other Christian churches of his day but today the LDS church is trying hard to associate themselves to these same Christian churches.
"The Mormons are voting for Romney ONLY because he's a Mormon. That is the ONLY reason. The Mormons would not vote for a candidate if the candidate were a Mormon Democrat."
Dear "Facts"
As a strong LDS member I can absolutely, positively, undeniably, wholeheartedly tell you that I would never vote for Harry Reid--even if it meant voting for the she-Satan from Arkansas. Does that kill your ridiculous theory?
give up the Polygamy garbage. It won't work! It was not for everyone and never will be. The church does not practice it! Who cares what Hollywood and Hue Hefner do with their lives. That doesn't mean we need to have polygamy to have morales. That comes to the individual persons own thinking... Give me a break! If that's what it takes to keep a guy morale then that kinda guy would be the worst kind of LDS person. If a person is immoral and thinks they need polygamy then they would be the worst candidate for a good Mormon! You polygamy guys need to go away! We don't need you.
1. He is an extremely good man.
2. He is a very smart man.
3. I trust him.
4. Yes, I trust him to guide our country.
5. And as far as I am concerned his winning would be
plus for all of our country.
The best candidate by far is Mitt Romney. I'm suprised of the unfounded or gullable hatred towards him. Unreal coming from a nation that believes in freedom of religion. This freedom doesn't mean you have to believe a certain religion, it means (I'll type this slowly so you understand :-0) you don't discriminate against someone because of their religion. Atleast that's how civilized people behave.
The Mormons say that religion should not be an issue when voting for president of the United States. (No argument there.)
A few Mormons may indeed be voting for Romney ONLY because he's a Mormon, but many many others have given reasons completely independent of religion-- if you have rebuttals to these reasons that do not involve ad hominem attacks, I'd like to hear them.
Many Mormons are not voting for Romney at all, as evidenced by comments on this very thread. Many would indeed vote for a Mormon Democrat, in fact, many would vote for (gasp!) a non-Mormon Democrat! If you've never met any such person, I suggest you try looking beyond the over-simplified stereotypes you seem to have.
And try not making up your own "facts" next time.
An example of this is when he became friends with Senator McCain when he was in the House. Udall took him under his wings and helped him even though they weren't of the same political party and often disagreed. It is this type of statesmen we need. Romney lacks this and has gone on the offensive against McCain, Huckabee and the other candidates. I wouldn't have a problem with a Mormon President but I want that Mormon to also be a good person like Mo Udall and not someone like Mitt Romney. Personally, I am a Democrat but I hope McCain wins the Republicans.
Being a member of the Church isn't enough for me. You also have to be a good person who wouldn't lie, who wouldn't change their position for political expediency and who wouldn't use the Church to get votes, donations and volunteers.
I know I will not be voting for Romney and this is primarily because he has used the Church. I would have considered voting for him except for this and his attacks on the other candidates, his lies and his changing his positions on the issues. I also take issue with his lack of experience and the claim he makes that he has more experience. Looking at the other candidates of both parties and comparing them to Romney the majority of them have far more experience even with his 4 years as Governor which is the sum of his experience.
I have also had my personal experiences with Romney supporters who are members of the Church and if they were the only reflection of him I would say he was a horrible person but I only have to look at his actions to see that he is.
I am sick and tired of other Mormon's pulling out the discrimination card as a way to get votes for Romney. You don't seem Obama supporters pulling out the discrimination card to get votes.
You don't understand religious freedom or you would know that people have the right to vote or not vote for someone based on their religion. What is wrong though is how Romney and his supporters are always using the Church as a way to get votes, donations and volunteers. I will say this only once. Those of us who don't want Romney as President don't hate him and we are getting tired of people like you using our faith this way. Now stop it or stop lying when you bear your testimony about you being nice.
Maybe Romney's "flaws" are traits we share as Mormons: we understate our differences with others (e.g. Romney wants to unite the various factions in the GOP which makes him look like a flip-flopper), we have a sunny disposition (naive or Stepford), we are too scripted (missionaries have scripted "discussions" and are told not to dispute or argue with those who disagree), we dress modestly (look too "normal").
We have seen Romney, and Romney is us.
We passed on Mormon Udall and got Jimmy Carter;
Do you see a patter here? People who think Bush is bad have no sense of history. These two Presidents were horrible for America and made mistakes we are still smarting from.
I hope we won't do it again.
I am not so concern about why a mormon candidate can not win. I am more concern about my right to participate in the election process.
I would not like it if the media or any person comes to me and advises me that I can not vote or exercise my right to participate in the elective process, just because there is a Mormon candidate.
After listening to the media statements, there appears to be a strong prejudice instigated by the medias that cause listener to have ill feelings against the Mormons. It is any wonder that the Media is the actual abominable church that certain people seems to bow down and worship. It is the Medias that will tear down the god fearing country that this nation is built upon.
You must stop listening to the Medias. They are established to replace your God with their Idol God.
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Someday there might be a mormon president.
I wish her the best of luck.