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The Mormon Advantage
Townhall.com ^ | 4/5/2007 | Maggie Gallagher

Posted on 04/05/2007 5:42:47 PM PDT by Utah Girl

Mitt Romney is riding high this week after his victory in "the first primary," which consists of raising cold, hard cash to compete: more than $20 million in the first quarter, $5 million more than his closest contender, Rudy "Lay off my wife!" Giuliani. John McCain came in a lackluster third with $12.5 million.

Romney's campaign benefited from two distinct donor networks, according to media accounts: Wall Street and Mormons. GOP front-runner Rudy, struggling with one of those weird media freak shows erupting around his wife, Judith (her alleged participation in future Cabinet meetings and former puppy killings), must be a little envious on both counts.

Why is it that all the Dem candidates are still married to their first spouse, while among the current crop of leading GOP contenders, the only guy with just one wife is the Mormon?

Truth is, I don't think this is just an accident. There's something about Mormons the rest of us ought to pay attention to: Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints do much better than almost any other faith group at sustaining a marriage culture -- and they do this while participating fully and successfully in modern life. Utah is above the national average in both household income and the proportion of adults who are college graduates.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: giuliani; judith; mccain; romney
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To: ilovew
I think I have a more relevant point: WHO THE HELL CARES? I’m voting for someone on their politics, not their religion. I don’t care if he worships sun gods. It’s really not important.

Exactly right!

When you start parsing the details of religious doctrine, the discussion quickly turns into a useless can of worms. Religions live in glass houses and should not throw stones.

121 posted on 04/05/2007 8:52:22 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Scotsman will be Free

Secret? Hardly. They’ve been posted on the web for years.

Sacred? We like to think so, and we seek to keep them that way.


122 posted on 04/05/2007 8:53:08 PM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (I finally see the dawn arrivin' I see beyond the road I'm drivin' Far away and left behind)
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To: LukeSW; Angry Write Mail; newbie 10-21-00; Bloc8406; Ransomed; AliVeritas; The Klingon; dcnd9; ...
1. God is a Father, an Eternal Father, with a glorious body of flesh and bones, and DNA. He, like you and I, also has/is a spirit.
Where in Holy Scripture is there any support for the idea that the Father was Man Incarnate, as opposed to the Son?
123 posted on 04/05/2007 8:53:40 PM PDT by narses ("Freedom is about authority." - Rudolph Giuliani)
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To: Pan_Yan

Thank you.

Yes, it’s easy to forget about Dirty Harry. Frankly, if Mitt makes it past the primaries, Harry will become the Achilles Heel of Hillary’s anti Mitt/Mormon plan. IMHO


124 posted on 04/05/2007 8:55:07 PM PDT by sevenbak
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To: GOP_Lady
  Posted by GOP_Lady to DocH
On News/Activism 02/18/2007 8:57:04 AM EST · 48 of 108

As of now, Mr. Romney is my choice.


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125 posted on 04/05/2007 8:59:26 PM PDT by Pan_Yan (All grey areas are fabrications.)
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To: Choose Ye This Day

Didn’t say anything about “sacred”. Thanks for the response.


126 posted on 04/05/2007 9:00:09 PM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: Liberty Rattler
So, what is the difference between a cult and a religion?

If you believe that a Creator gave us free choice to reject Him at times yet still shows us mercy you will have one kind of outlook on life.

If you believe that a Creator demands perfect fidelity and will heap untold misery for the slightest transgression you will have another kind of outlook on life.

If you belive that everything is by accident you will have another kind of outlook on life.

Something's true. The "everything by accident" view is the least rational, btw.

127 posted on 04/05/2007 9:00:13 PM PDT by Tribune7 (A bleeding heart does nothing but ruin the carpet)
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To: jatopilot99
Once your involved with the cult, it is not easy to get out of it, and ramifications of membership oftentimes effect family relationships.

I am a former Mormon and I still have great relations with all my Mormon friends and family (well to be perfectly honest, I don't get along all that well with my Mother, but that has nothing to do with religion).

Where does this intense anger come from? Just what is it about the Mormon Church that makes you so upset?

128 posted on 04/05/2007 9:01:22 PM PDT by LeGrande (Muslims, Jews and Christians all believe in the same God of Abraham.)
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To: Tribune7

You still have not answered the question, “What is a cult and what is a religion?”. Another person did post a credible definition earlier.

As to your last point, that’s only your opinion unless you can “prove” otherwise.


129 posted on 04/05/2007 9:10:42 PM PDT by Liberty Rattler (Don't tread on me!)
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To: Liberty Rattler
Be sure to read the lead-in, in truth few will appreciate this as much as those of us who have escaped the Mormon “Cult”.

"Escaped"? Now you are being melodramatic.

People leave the LDS Church all the time. It is not difficult; just ask to have your name removed. (I have processed a few such requests myself.) Or if you prefer, just quit attending.

130 posted on 04/05/2007 9:12:39 PM PDT by Logophile
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To: jatopilot99
Well your right. People who are married, with apparently lovely families may be immoral in other ways.

But since I can't know all the candidates personally, I have to use some tangible standards. And a grandfather of ten, father of five (all of whom are married) who has remained faithful to one wife for many years, running on a conservative platform, beats a twice divorced thrice married cheating husband running on a Liberal platform.

131 posted on 04/05/2007 9:15:45 PM PDT by TAdams8591 (Giuliani is a democrat in Republican drag!)
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To: Liberty Rattler
As to your last point, that’s only your opinion unless you can “prove” otherwise.

You think it's rational to believe everything is by accident?

132 posted on 04/05/2007 9:17:36 PM PDT by Tribune7 (A bleeding heart does nothing but ruin the carpet)
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To: Pan_Yan

I should also point out that Harry Reid is Mormon as well. However, most members of the church that I know can’t stand him. So, a politician’s membership in the church does not automatically guarantee the support of the rest of the membership. Mormons are, for the most part, very conservative when it comes to their politics so, it does matter what the politician in question believes, articulates and does.


133 posted on 04/05/2007 9:21:10 PM PDT by Reaganesque
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To: Logophile
I quit attending many, many, years ago. But if you come from a family with over a century and a half of history in “The Church”, escape is not as easy as you might think.

Until all my living ancestors are in the grave I’ll not really be free of that “religion” (I have to be careful or I’ll get vulgar). And even then ther’ll still be repercutions, I’m sure.

It’s not an easy thing when you have thousands of relatives who stand against you, ready to defend a fictitious religion.

It’s a lot like the story of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” gone mad, where the Innocent kid gets persecuted for not buying into the lie.

135 posted on 04/05/2007 9:26:26 PM PDT by Liberty Rattler (Don't tread on me!)
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To: Scotsman will be Free

I realize you didn’t. That was my distinction.

What others perceive as “secret,” we view as being “sacred.”


136 posted on 04/05/2007 9:30:30 PM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (I finally see the dawn arrivin' I see beyond the road I'm drivin' Far away and left behind)
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To: Logophile
just quit attending

Doesn't really work. Every few years you'll get an eager-beaver new EQ President and some home teachers will start bugging you again. :o)

137 posted on 04/05/2007 9:33:54 PM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (I finally see the dawn arrivin' I see beyond the road I'm drivin' Far away and left behind)
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To: Reaganesque
Thank you for your personal testimony, Reaganesque. Mitt is a sharp, intelligent, articulate gentleman with many outstanding qualities and impressive accomplishments and appears generally to be a person of good character, even if we don't always agree.

You are fortunate that you got to know him personally, and that this experience only strengthened your support for Romney's candidacy. : )

138 posted on 04/05/2007 9:35:50 PM PDT by TAdams8591 (Giuliani is a democrat in Republican drag!)
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To: Tribune7
When it comes to intervention by the supernatural, (IE God(s), spirits, demons, etc.) the burden is on you to show how that works.
139 posted on 04/05/2007 9:38:08 PM PDT by Liberty Rattler (Don't tread on me!)
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To: sevenbak

Well, if actually knows where all the money goes to, then he is a god./Laughter

No worry though, Bush is a republican and between the Wash Post and the GAO every dollar is accounted for.


140 posted on 04/05/2007 9:38:43 PM PDT by Boiler Plate (Mom always said why be difficult, when with just a little more effort you can be impossible.)
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