Posted on 09/18/2012 7:13:26 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
Mitt Romney has an evangelical problem. Or so weve been told by everyone from The New Yorker to The Huffington Post to The Daily Beast. The national media have perpetuated this narrative throughout the election season, and political pundits aplenty have assumed its reliability in their columns and commentary.
But theres one glaring problem with the storyline: Its not true.
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There are at least two explanations for why Romneys Mormonism matters so little among this powerful voting bloc.
First, evangelicals seem to care more about political ideology than orthodox theology as far as voting is concerned. Polls show that voters care most about the economy, not faith. Its why the Tea Party most of them being self-described evangelicals have gravitated toward another Mormon, Glenn Beck.
In a letter delivered to the Romney campaign on Sept. 7, more than two dozen conservative Christian leaders declared, it is time to remind ourselves that civil government is not about a particular theology but rather about public policy. The assertion is correct, of course, but one cant help feeling we are witnessing a departure from evangelical politics as weve known them. Among the signatories were evangelist Franklin Graham, the Family Research Councils Tony Perkins, and other figures who attended the Texas meeting.
Second, any discomfort about Mormonism is outweighed by an even larger disdain for President Obama. Many evangelicals bemoan the last four years of his administrations policies and they fear what hell do if re-elected. As religion professor John-Charles Duffy stated it, Evangelicals may not think Romneys a Christian, but at least hes not Obama.
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Second, any discomfort about Mormonism is outweighed by an even larger disdain for President Obama. Many evangelicals bemoan the last four years of his administrations policies and they fear what hell do if re-elected. As religion professor John-Charles Duffy stated it, Evangelicals may not think Romneys a Christian, but at least hes not Obama.
They sure as heck are not gonna vote for a hardcore secularist (despite whether he claims to be a Christian or a Muslim or whatever)
I am Catholic and I have zero problem with Romney’s Religion, but I sure as heck have problems with his liberalism. Still voting for the guy but we need to be realistic and know that his Presidency is not going to be great.
I seriously doubt that after the democrats voted to keep God and Jerusalem out of their platform (the ruling of the chair notwithstanding), that the evangelicals could still be convinced not to vote for Romney, a devout and not a godless, man.
I do have problems with Romney’s religion, but I have more problems with Obama’s.
Yes. Romney has an evangelical problem.
Barry has a bigger one.
Exactly right.
Mormon Church: God bless America. God bless our troops.
Obama’s Church: God damn America.
Bingo. Muslim or Mormon - which are you more comfortable with leading our country?
Obama still has most of the evangelical black vote, and the Marxist evangelical vote. It’s more of a black and gay thing first, with a dose of damn the country thrown in for good measure.
We are fighting a spiritual war on a political front, and the only thing the left would hate more than a Mormon would be a Christian. Welcome to the flowering of political correctness and identity politics, a place where aggrieved parasites demand their right to kill the host.
Romney is a polytheist, he believes in an unlimited number of Gods. At some point, Bishop Romney will become a God himself, a God to another planet, as our God, who used to be a Mormon man like Mitt, is to us.
Yes, Mitt is devout, so devout that he first sought approval from his Holy Prophet in a private meeting, before he would run for the presidency.
so make sure to vote Boogey Man, because just in case he does become a God you want to be on his good side
Even when the election comes down to Romney v. Obama, Romney remains a tough sell among evangelicals. Evangelicals are not usually persuaded by "lesser of two evil" type arguments when non-participation is an option.
If Mitt Romney were a rock-ribbed conservative, then his Mormonism might not be as big a factor. Because Romney has liberal political history and a reputation of flip-flopping on issues, few evangelicals are comforted by his convenient "conversions" to conservative positions. This uneasiness with his politics when coupled with his Mormonism makes Romney distasteful to a lot of evangelicals.
The myth of Mitt Romneys evangelical problem
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I still dont know what an Evangelical is suppose to be or why Willard would give them a problem..
But Willard does give Christians a problem...
Mormonism is not Christianity...
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