A Missouri newspaper recently published an opinion piece by one Jane Pitt, who just happens to have a son named Brad. You may have heard of him. Anyway, she defends Mitt Romney’s religion against all of those evangelicals that don’t like the fact that he’s a Mormon. Mrs. Pitt writes:
"Any Christian should spend much time in prayer before refusing to vote for a family man with high morals, business experience, who is against abortion, and shares Christian conviction concerning homosexuality just because he is a Mormon.
"Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama — a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage."
Then the media reported on her “anti-gay” opinion piece. What, exactly, is anti-gay about that? A person can absolutely be pro-traditional marriage and have no problem with the gay community. My gay friends know I love them dearly, will absolutely stand up for them to make their own life choices, and that I’m pro-traditional marriage. Some of them agree with me on that issue and some don’t. They all respect my beliefs and opinions.
Moving beyond the gay issue, can we talk about what the letter really says? There’s a faction of evangelical Christians that do not want to support Mitt because he is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I’ll be the first to admit that Mormons have some wacky beliefs (seriously, go look up Kolob), but don’t we all have beliefs that seem wacky to “outsiders”? Try explaining eating and drinking the body and blood of Christ to someone unfamiliar with the concept of communion.
My point is that I don’t think Mitt Romney’s Mormonism should be a make-or-break issue for evangelical voters. Barack Obama has been bad news for our country, has skyrocketed our debt, and saddled the middle class with the biggest tax hike in history, aka Obamacare.
And besides, how can people complain about Mormon beliefs while accepting Obama’s religious past, which includes two decades in Jeremiah “God Damn America” Wright’s church? There is nothing inherently contradictory to the Constitution in the Mormon religion. Unless you consider beer an addendum to the Bill of Rights, since Mormons don’t drink. In my opinion, that might be their wackiest belief of all.
Evangelical Christians would do well to remember that a vote Against Mitt Romney is a vote for Barack Obama. Thanks for pointing that out, Mrs. Pitt.
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Comments 39
Where the heck did you get the Kolob thing? I attended the LDS church for 16 years and was raised in a town that is 75% LDS aka Mormon and I have NEVER heard of it. Not too mention that article has a link with two sepeate letters from the LDS church pointing out inaccuracies. You tell your readers that a canidate shouldn't have his religion held against him and then in the next breath you perpetuate falsehoods about his religion? I no longer attend the LDS church for my own reasons but I cannot stand the flat out vitirol and hate that is spewed at them. Sickening.
I wonder how many years we will still be fighting about religion, politics, and skin color. I pray for a day that people can come together to get things done without being divided.
Yes, let's go back to traditional marriage where men were polygamists (not just the Mormon church), but Old testament bible. If you are going to pick and choose on your traditional values Jenny, then I can too and the strongest message from Jesus Christ is to love your neighbor as yourself and to not judge lest you be judged. So, why don't you subscribe to Jesus' values? Woman up and be a real Christian and stop denying your 'friends' equal rights based on picking and choosing from an inconsistent document.
I'm voting for Mitt, even though I think his religion is weird, and even though he's successful, self-made millionaire businessman who doesn't know where all of his vast fortune is invested. I think all religions are weird - some more than others, but all of them are cults in my view. I have investments that total nowhere near a million dollars, and couldn't tell you were each dollar lies.
The gay marriage thing doesn't factor into my voting. Gays have the ability to create a legal union that's identical to marriage, it just takes a little work on their part - and sorry, there are bigger fish to fry this time around. I'm more worried about saddling my kids with unprecented debt, unprecendented unemployment, mediocre health care, and unfathomable Big Brother living, than I am about going to Bob and Jim's wedding.
I believe Obama is the worst president in US history. I believe he hates America, just like his preacher. I believ he's incapable of doing what needs to be done to stabilize the economy, because he truly believes he can force growth through regulation and raising taxes - which, according to him, is the last thing you do during a recession....but I guess it's OK now, because the private sector is doing fine...so that's a relief.
NObama 2012!