Let me be clear, ideally religion should not be a part of the political discourse. I said that when President Obama was running and the Right Wing made a caricature out of then respected Reverend Wright for comments mostly taken out of context. Unfortunately the notoriety subsequently got to Wright’s head and he made a fool of himself at the Press Club.
Mitt Romney however through his surrogates and his own intimation has attacked the President’s Americanism, culture, and morals. As such, I will spear no mercy in the examination of Romney’s record and his church connections. After-all, he was not just a member of the Mormon Church but a Bishop in the church. As such he has opened himself to the question of whether his allegiance to the church supersedes his allegiance to the country (note I said allegiance to his church and not allegiance to his God).
Whenever I talk about Romney’s religion I feel compelled to state that my mother is a Mormon. While I have an extreme bias against the religion because of its extremely codified racist past, I have made peace with my alter ego for my mother’s sake.
The documentary below is well done. After-all it included commentary from Jeffrey R Holland one of the Church’s 12 apostles. Unfortunately, the apostle’s prejudice was always on the tip of his tongue as he could not even call the President’s name without first calling him “Osama”.
Of interest is the apostle admitting that Mitt Romney had to swear an oath that he would not tell anything about his religion lest he slits his throat, a practice he “claimed” is no more. There are many other interesting tidbits that is definitely worth listening to and watching.
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