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...
Mitt Romney Campaign: Political Neutrality of Morm...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often misnamed the “Mormon Church”) stands neutral on all party politics. Church buildings are not used for political events, the Church will never endorse a politician (Mormon or not), and Church records may never be used for polling, fundraising, or campaigning. Latter-day Saints (“Mormons“) are strongly encouraged...
Mormon Mitt Romney Stands Against Gay Marriage
Just after the May 8, 2012, primaries, President Obama had his hands full since Vice-President Joe Biden and others in the administration had come out in favor of gay marriage. Mr. Obama, supposedly an Evangelical Christian, had begun his original 2008 coming out against gay marriage, but then over time claimed that his opinion was evolving. Caught in a difficult position by the gay...