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Joanna Brooks
November 7, 2012 2:28am
The Speech Mitt Romney Never Gave
Post by JOANNA BROOKS
We never expected Mitt Romney to tell the story of Mormonism.
He had other work to do. Hard work. He was, after all, running for president.
But what if he had? What if Romney and his handlers had allowed just one Mormon pioneer wagon to roll across the screen during a Republican National Convention biopic?
What if he could have given a speech that connected the Mormon story to the American story, Mormon values to American values?
What if he had said something like this:
The Speech Mitt Romney Never Gave | Religion Dispatches
I think this would have been a welcomed ice breaker in a nationwide discussion about Mormonism and LDS.
The time has come.
Too bad we were denied that opening.
Read the speech at the link.