Romney’s Mormonism: Does it Matter?

A new study released by the Brookings Institute (May 2012) refutes the much-publicized idea that many Americans would refuse to vote for a Mormon to be the next president of the United States.  Mitt Romney’s religion — he is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — has been the focus of what some have called “the Mormon Moment” in...

Mormon Mitt Romney on Education

After emphasizing the economy for so long, and on the verge of capturing the full delegate count to take the Republican nomination for U.S. President, Mitt Romney began to voice his opinions and policies on education.  Romney, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was educated in the best private schools during his youth.  He decried America’s educational...

Mormon Mitt Romney Gets Evangelical Vote

The results of a  poll conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute and  released in May 2012 shows Mormon Mitt Romney gaining favor with white Evangelical voters, with incumbent Democrat  Obama carrying Catholic and mainline Protestant voters.  Obama carried Catholics 46% to 39% and mainline Protestants 50% to 37%, the survey said.   In choosing between Mitt Romney, whose...

Mormon Mitt Romney Wins Again

Mormon GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney edged closer to sealing the Republican nomination after easily winning the Nebraska and Oregon primaries on May 15, 2012. Nebraska won’t formally award its 32 delegates to the Republican National Convention until the state party’s own July convention. After Tuesday night, Romney will have won the majority of the 25 delegates at stake in...

Mormon Mitt Romney at Liberty University

On May 12, 2012, Mormon Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivered the commencement address at Liberty University, the university founded by the late Evangelical leader Jerry  Falwell.  The University is considered a bastion of conservative Christianity, but Falwell desired to bring all U.S. Christians under the umbrella of a “moral majority” to affect American...