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Mormon rituals are based on the rituals taught among Free Masons. Joseph Smith copied them, or rather lifted them from the fraternity. Free Masonry is not a religion.

Mitt Romney's grandfather escaped to Mexico, where he and other polygamists were chased by federal agents. To this day, the little village of COLONIA JUAREZ, Mexico has Romneys among it's residents.

Jon Huntsman is a third cousin of Mitt Romney.

None of these things are big secrets. But one can imagine the field day the media will have explaining Romney's faith.

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Like Mitt, the Mexican Romneys are descendants of Miles Park Romney, who came to the Chihuahua desert in 1885 seeking refuge from U.S. anti-polygamy laws. He had four wives and 30 children, and on the rocky banks of the Piedras Verdes River, he and his fellow Mormon pioneers carved out a prosperous settlement beyond the reach of U.S. federal marshals. He was Mitt’s great-grandfather.

Gaskell Romney, Mitt’s grandfather, settled in Mexico as well, and Mitt’s father, George Romney, was born in nearby Colonia Dublan — raising the possibility of a 2012 presidential race between two contenders whose fathers were born outside the United States.