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WASHINGTON/SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – While neither of the candidates in next week's U.S. presidential election was in the military, Mitt Romney's age – he was eligible to serve in Vietnam – has raised questions during the campaign about why he didn't serve and whether his Mormon faith had anything to do with it. Guy [...]
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Some Mormons plan day of fasting, prayer to help Mitt in the debates
Posted by admin on September 29th, 2012
Rom Kippur? RT @mckaycoppins: Mormons Plan To Fast For Romney http://t.co/… — @joshgreenman via Twitter for iPhone Tweet This Post
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No Comments »Fellow Mormons laud Romney for raising church’s profile
Posted by admin on September 2nd, 2012
WOLFEBORO, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Mormon churchgoers on Sunday thanked Mitt Romney for raising the church's profile in his race for the White House and praised the Republican candidate's acceptance speech at a nominating convention in Tampa, Florida last week. Romney, who would be the first Mormon president if he wins the November 6 election, [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: church's, fellow, laud, Mormons', Profile, raising, Romney No Comments »Mormons praise Romney for spotlighting the faith
Posted by admin on September 2nd, 2012
Republican Mitt Romney, the first Mormon presidential nominee of a major political party, sat in the Wolfeboro Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday as, one by one, members of his congregation credited him for bringing the faith more into the public eye. Tweet This Post
Mormons Very Excited About Romney Candidacy
Posted by admin on June 26th, 2012
A Key Research/Brigham Young University poll in Utah finds that 77% of Mormons believe Mitt Romney’s nomination as the Republican presidential candidate is a good thing for the LDS church while just 2% told pollsters it was a negative. Tweet This Post
American Voices: Mormons To March In Gay Pride Parade
Posted by admin on June 1st, 2012
One hundred representatives from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be marching at the head of the Salt Lake City pride parade to show support for the LGBT community. What do you think? Tweet This Post
Mormons Brace for Campaign Scrutiny
Posted by admin on May 29th, 2012
Boston Globe: “Some of the faithful worry that their comparatively young religion is less prepared for what they will face than Catholics were when John F. Kennedy was running in 1960, or Jews were when Joe Lieberman was the vice presidential nominee in 2000… Polls suggest a deep wariness about Mormonism persists among the American [...]
Mormons Brace for Scrutiny
Posted by admin on May 4th, 2012
The AP notes how the Mormon church is worried about the spotlight coming as the presidential election gears up. Tweet This Post
Mormons brace for a mean political season
Posted by admin on May 3rd, 2012
America’s Mormons have built plenty of resilience over nearly two centuries as outsiders, but they’re anxious about the next few months. Mitt Romney is about to become the first Mormon nominee for U.S. president on a major party ticket. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
How Mormons Became Republicans
Posted by admin on February 28th, 2012
The Salt Lake Tribune takes a look at the early days of the Republican Party, when the founders of the fledgling anti-slavery party “saw Mormons as their enemies,” and how that evolved into the modern trend of Mormons overwhelmingly supporting Republicans. Tweet This Post
