[JRochelle]

"And what difference would it make if some of the leaders of the Mormon Church supported Romney? Is that a crime?"


Umm, no. No crime.

Why deny it? I fully expect his son to support him! But to deny the reasons for the meeting is silly. Whats wrong with the truth?

[Paulus Invictus]

Democrat leaders and candidates have all met with Mormon leaders in the past, the candidates recognizing that the Mormons are fervent voters. However, I have never heard any Church leader recommend that members vote one way or another. That some members met with an authority is not strange or an indicator that the Church is going to make certain a future Mormon candidate will win. I have met with several Church Authorities and found them to be truly "fair and balanced." One wonders how many you have met with? I suspect, in fact, that some may be Democrats, but they would never push members to vote for "their" candidate. After all, why did Harry Reid win in Nevada? It wasn't because the Church members backed him or were asked to do so.

Mormons have not always been in the Republican camp. During the 30's and 40's the majority of members and their non-member neighbors were Democrats and voted that way. My parents and grandparents thought FDR was a minor deity. In the 70' and 80's many members saw the light and went right. Now they are solid conservatives, but no one in authority told them to go in that direction. They simply learned the facts and chose correctly. Would that the rest of the nation were as well informed about the real issues and the political facts of life.