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The Mormon moment
Politico ^ | February 2, 2012 | MJ Lee

Posted on 02/03/2012 9:47:56 AM PST by C19fan

As Mitt Romney solidifies his frontrunner status with a double-digit win this week in the Florida Republican primary, Mormons are embracing a unique moment in their political history that has been dubbed the “Mormon moment” — but not without concerns about what the increasing prominence could mean for their community.

In extensive interviews with 10 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who live and work in the D.C.-area, POLITICO discovered a close-knit community that is enjoying, granted with some reservations, the national spotlight that Romney’s second White House bid is helping to shine on Mormons across the country.

Last month, the Pew Research Center released a 125-page report titled “Mormons in America” that surveyed over 1,000 members of the LDS Church. According to the poll, the majority of Mormons across the country, 63 percent, said they believe acceptance of their religion is on the rise.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: inman; lds; mittromney; mormonism; mormons; romney
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Money quote:

"Even though she is an undecided independent not sold on all of Romney’s policies, Valerie Barker, an Asian-American Mormon and stay-at-home-mom who lives in northern Virginia, said she feels that a Mormon president could help usher into Washington a new era in which elected officials are held to higher moral standards."

The woman drank a keg of the Romney Kool Aid.

1 posted on 02/03/2012 9:48:05 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan; Elsie

Mormons think they are the ones with the ‘highest moral standard’. It is one of their attitudes of superiority.

They also think everyone would be happier if they were Mormon.


2 posted on 02/03/2012 9:51:08 AM PST by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, Now Christian - "I wasn't brainwashed, just brain pre-soaked.")
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BUT:

Why is Bishop Willard Mitt Romney not using his title? What is he trying to hide? Do we want the elder of any faith to serve as President? Would we want a Catholic, Anglican, Methodist Bishop serving as president? Is it even constitutional? We need to have this conversation now!


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3 posted on 02/03/2012 9:52:00 AM PST by hoosiermama (Stand with God: Newt, and Sarah will be right next to you.)
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To: reaganaut

Well, just look at that show, “Sister Wives”...I think that show was developed to make people more accepting of polygamy....yes, I know...”real” LDS don’t practice polygamy any longer...yep


4 posted on 02/03/2012 9:55:58 AM PST by Jrabbit
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5 posted on 02/03/2012 9:56:38 AM PST by big'ol_freeper ("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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To: reaganaut
It is one of their attitudes of superiority.

Wasn't Satan like that?

6 posted on 02/03/2012 9:57:59 AM PST by dragonblustar (Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
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To: C19fan
The breakaway LDS sect of mormonism is about to feel like a dog that finally caught a truck !

The MSM will SHRED them with thier own secrets in defense of Obama, and this in turn will free millions of members from the cult and bring new conversions to near zero !

7 posted on 02/03/2012 10:00:55 AM PST by SENTINEL (Romney is to Conservatism what Mormonism is to Christianity.)
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To: C19fan

she feels that a Mormon president could help usher into Washington a new era in which elected officials are held to higher moral standards.”
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Cue the pic of Harry Reid...


8 posted on 02/03/2012 10:01:19 AM PST by Tennessee Nana (Romney a Massachusetts moderate which is a liberal by Republican standards)
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To: SENTINEL

interesting thought,now I don’t know if I should be for Mittens or against him. rofl.


9 posted on 02/03/2012 10:04:50 AM PST by annieokie
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To: Colofornian; Elsie; FastCoyote; svcw; Zakeet; SkyPilot; rightazrain; Tennessee Nana; ...

Ping


10 posted on 02/03/2012 10:08:43 AM PST by greyfoxx39 (Romney seems like a creature put on Earth to blend in with the humans and report back what he finds.)
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To: C19fan
"Mormon moment"

They have been waiting for this ever since their Prophet, Joseph Smith ran for President in 1944.

11 posted on 02/03/2012 10:10:29 AM PST by Spunky ("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid." President Ronald Reagan)
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To: C19fan
“I don’t know if this is the Mormon moment. But it’s a good moment to be Mormon.”

This is the media's nice, pre-nomination view of Romney and all those nice, polite Mormons on their bicycles. Just wait...

They have not really made an issue of his Mormonism, yet. But if he gets the nomination, the American electorate will get a non-stop education in Mormonism from Joseph Smith’s con-man history, faked “scriptures”, the abuse involved with marrying underage girls, the Mountain Meadows massacre, blood atonement, the history of racism in the church, to Kolob, to Jesus as Satan’s brother, to God having sex with Mary, to questions about the polygamy practiced by Mitt’s ancestors.

And remember the "boxers or briefs" question posed of Bill Clinton?

After the convention, if Mitt is the nominee, it may not be such a good time to be a Mormon.

12 posted on 02/03/2012 10:10:56 AM PST by newheart (What this country needs is a good dose of bran. Attack Muffins Unite!)
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To: reaganaut
Mormons think they are the ones with the ‘highest moral standard’. It is one of their attitudes of superiority.

I get the same read off of Catholics. Both are untrue.
13 posted on 02/03/2012 10:11:21 AM PST by crosshairs (Liberalism is to truth, what east is to west.)
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place marker


14 posted on 02/03/2012 10:13:26 AM PST by svcw (For the new year: you better toughen up, if you are going to continue to be stupid.)
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To: reaganaut

True.

This is opposed to Christians who believe that accepting jesus christ into your heart makes you happier.

Not joinging a temple or completeing a ritual.

Even baptism happens AFTER the person has changed their heart first.


15 posted on 02/03/2012 10:18:19 AM PST by SpringtoLiberty (Liberty is on the march!)
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To: SENTINEL
The breakaway LDS sect of mormonism is about to feel like a dog that finally caught a truck ! The MSM will SHRED them with thier own secrets in defense of Obama, and this in turn will free millions of members from the cult and bring new conversions to near zero !

Wow! That's a silver lining worth offering thanks for! Truly, thanks for offering up a bright spot in a very dim scenario. There could be an upside to gay-pride-is-great-in-schoolchildren Romney getting the nom.

We conservatives and our pundits such as Rush, Levin, Coulter, Ingraham, Hannity, etc., pride ourselves on not surrendering to political correctness. We scorn political correctness and rightly because political correctness -- refraining from saying certain truths because they will offend people -- is used to manipulate and deceive people. Yep, the Right is proundly immune to political correctness ...

... except when it comes to Mormonism. Bring that up, and nearly every Republican and conservative around immediately cringes and protests how unseemly it is to even question and investigate, let alone sound alarms against, the essence of Mormonism.

But talk to ex-Mormons. Talk to non-Mormons who've lived in Mormon communities. Read "Riders of the Purple Sage" and other of Zane Gray's novels so you fully understand what an honest and clear-sighted writer and chronicler of the American West that Gray was.

Mormonism should be questioned BY OUR SIDE. But who has the guts to do so? Not Rush. Not Levin. Certainly not Coulter, and certainly not Hugh Hewitt.

It's just too politically incorrect.

16 posted on 02/03/2012 10:21:03 AM PST by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
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To: crosshairs

I’m no fan of roman catholicism but I would disagree with you.

Most catholics I know are very humble. They are steadfast in their tradition and there adherence to doctrine. I think they are more self righteous than arrogant.


17 posted on 02/03/2012 10:21:33 AM PST by SpringtoLiberty (Liberty is on the march!)
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To: crosshairs
Catholics don't investigate your dead ancestors so they can be baptized and become their servants. Who do you think owns Ancestry.com?

Btw, I'm not a Catholic.

18 posted on 02/03/2012 10:21:52 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: C19fan
In extensive interviews with 10 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who live and work in the D.C.-area, POLITICO discovered a close-knit community that is enjoying, granted with some reservations, the national spotlight that Romney’s second White House bid is helping to shine on Mormons across the country.

Then they'll just LOVE FR's lighting up MORMONism!

19 posted on 02/03/2012 10:26:52 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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To: C19fan
According to the poll, the majority of Mormons across the country, 63 percent, said they believe acceptance of their religion is on the rise.

Do they 'believe' EVERYTHING that SLC headquarters tells them?

20 posted on 02/03/2012 10:28:31 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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