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Mitt Romney's Mormon religion: Is it a political problem?

Mitt Romney says as president he would not be swayed by his church. But a significant number of voters – especially evangelical Protestants – say they would be less likely to vote for a Mormon.


Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Washington Friday June 3. Republican White House hopefuls courted Christian conservative voters at the conference where US economic concerns shared the stage with social issues that dominate the evangelical agenda.

Mitt Romney – the presumed front-runner in the Republican contest to select a presidential challenger – is a well-known figure in American politics.

He’s been a governor, a businessman, and the guy who rescued the 2002 Winter Olympic Games from mismanagement. That’s the good news for Romney.

But the fact that he’s a well-known figure in American politics is also his major challenge.

He has a record that he must either defend or try to move away from without appearing to flip-flop on such issues as abortion, gay rights, gun control, climate change, and government health care policy – issues on which he’s held relatively moderate positions in the past.

He’s “establishmentâ€

I don't care whether he practices witchcraft if he would be good for our country.

However, Mitt Romney is a RINO globalist capitalist without morals. He has personal wealth that is beyond our comprehension. Other than funding his campaign, where is his philanthropy?

I challenge anyone to compare him to Truett Cathey, founder of Chick-Fil-A. His lives his Christian beliefs - from group homes for orphans to college scholarships for his workers' children. Berry College in Rome, GA has so many of his scholarships that it is called Chick-Fil-A.

We all know what integrity means and what is the right thing to do. Incidentally, even though he has built many foster homes for children (and places a foster parent in each), he and his wife still live in his original family home. No, his family was not rich. Although people like Cathey don't seem to want to run for president, this is the type of person we need.

Romney doesn't cut it - but I could support DeMint.

http://www.anbhf.org/pdf/truett_cathy.pdf

A second stressful occasion was during the double-dip recession of
1980-82. The high rates of inflation and unemployment impacted
profitability. The difficulties came to a head in 1982, the year of the
second and more severe recession dip. Chick-fil-A experienced an
actual decline in sales. Truett concluded that the cause was new
competition from other fast food chains that were beginning to
introduce chicken sandwiches. Here is a short version of the rest of
that story as recalled by Cathy (1989, p.151):
"As a businessman, I knew of only one way to combat the
competition, and that involved putting on a strong
promotional campaign. ... We notified the Operators of our
campaign and put coupons in papers all over the country; we
allocated 3.25 percent of our total sales for redemption of the
coupons.
"....Our campaign was so successful that the coupon
redemption cost ran to nearly 7 percent of sales. We were
glad for the success, but while it showed that people were
eating Chick-fil-A, it also hit us hard in the pocketbook. I
didn't want the Operators to have to pay for the unexpected
rise in advertising cost, even though they benefitted in the
long run."
So Truett Cathy decreed that the parent company would cover the
difference between 3.25 percent of sales and 7 percent. In addition,
he decided to forego paying himself for that year. In his words, "I
didn't take a salary that year because I didn't want our employees to
take pay cuts. I struggled with this but I was determined not to lose
sleep over it" (Cathy, 1989, p.153).
Truett's decision to bear his share of the pain in tough times
contrasts sharply with the attitudes and practices of some famous
business heads in 2001-2002. Truett himself made the point this way
in an interview with Billy Graham's publication Decision. (Decision,
p.13):
"Too many CEOs are leaving sinking ships. They should be
the last ones to leave the company. If some people are losing
money, everyone should lose money, not just the
stockholders."
Truett's behavior in 1982 is a clear-cut example of his ability to
practice what he preaches.

WHO CARES ABOUT HIS RELIGION? Mitt Romney is the problem.