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Why is Romney's religion any more relevant than obama's?
Now, you see, this is actually a good question. No squealing about how I'm a bigot because I think their beliefs are crazy... Wow, knew you had it in you, Ernie!
Okay, first and foremost, because Romney isn't just a member of that Church. He's was a major official in it. He was a Bishop and then a Stake President. He had authority in that Church.
Compared to Obama who just attended Rev. Wright's church because it was in his community.
Secondly, hysterical screams of white folks aside, the worst that can be said about Wright is that he said some stupid things after 9/11. So did Pat Robertson.
The Mormons have a 150 year history of really bad behavior, including attempting to secede from the United States, setting up their own private little Theocracy, bank fraud, interferring in elections, and so on. There's just a lot of stuff in there that makes me personally nervous.
Third, some of their conduct today makes me worry about the kind of people that will be in charge of the IRS, CIA, FBI in a Romney administration.
For instance, the Mormons routinely spy on ex-members and splinter factions that still practice polygamy.
As a religion, there's just too much group-think going on there for me to be comfortable with.
Now, yeah, I'll admit,that encounter I had with them 30 years ago really did a lot to bias me. But bacl then, I had no idea who Joseph Smith was, or what their history was, or any of the crazy stuff they beleived. I just knew there was something really off about these people.
Just like there is something really off about Mitt Romney.