Posted on 04/28/2006 1:47:54 PM PDT by SDGOP
Prominent, respectable Evangelical Christians have told me, not for quotation, that millions of their co-religionists cannot and will not vote for Romney for president solely because he is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If Romney is nominated and their abstention results in the election of Hillary Rodham Clinton, that's just too bad. The evangelicals are adamant, saying there is no way Romney can win them over.
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I don't know if that would keep me from voting for him but it may. I admit to not knowing much about the LDS.
You should have noted the column is penned by ROBERT NOVAK.
Are we harking back to the days
of anti-Kennedy?
I'm RC too and if Romney is our nominee he gets my vote.
There are so many other reasons not to vote for Romney than his religion.
That said, if it's the Mormon vs. the Hildebeast, I know where my vote is going.
Novak. That said, there are those, even on this site, who would never vote for a member of the LDS church for President. Occasionally, there is some pretty nasty stuff said about the Mormons here, sad to say.
Next we'll have some Scientologist running. What will folks say then??
Mainstream LDS are mostly very decent people. The fringe sects, on the other hand.....
My inlaws are LDS, and I would have no problem with one as President.
The policies are what matter.
How about a pro-life, pro 2nd amendment atheist?
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_transcript.html
The reason I wouldn't vote for him is because he has not taken a pro-life stand while governor of MA. My gut tells me that he is pro-life because he's a Mormon, but he put his views behind him so that he could get elected governor in MA. And not only that, he got a crazy bill passed recently that makes it against the law for anyone in that state to not carry health insurance. The guy is not a conservative. Either that or he didn't have the guts to stand up for conservative values because he wanted to be governor of Massachusetts.
I don't like the Mormon theology, but I do like many Mormons. I'm not big on the idea of having the affiliation with that church and the oval office, but sure beats the church of Lucifer via Hillary.
The Christian right would rather have a pagan commie in office than a Morman?
Someone, please make sense of that and then explain it to me?
Well, we have evangelicals in government today abusing their powers to expand government and advancing social agendas so why not?
"How about a pro-life, pro 2nd amendment atheist?
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If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve. LOL!
As if we haven't noticed the sudden attention to polygamy......coincidence...doubtful.
DANG and I had you in mind!
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