Why is anyone against electing a Mormon President i.e. Mitt Romney?

Answer 1

Personally, I don't want a member of a cult running the country.

Answer 2

Mitt Romney believes that the garden of Eden is in Missouri, that God was once a man and that he was raised to Godhood by another God, that he himself (Mitt Romney) will eventually become a God, that Blacks were responsible for spiritual cowardice in a pre-existant life prior to coming to Earth, that the Present day Mormon prophet is the voice of God on Earth (And if Romney becomes president... is he going to oppose the voice of God?) and he believes that a knowledge of secret handshakes is required in order to gain access to the highest levels of heaven. And he's learned those secret handshakes so that he'll qualify for entrance.

Answer 3

The fact he's a Mormon shouldn't even come into the picture. He's been very successful in business and politics and I think he's great with people. Additionally, there are Mormons who are Democrats and Republicans, because they aren't told how to vote, but to use their heads.

Answer 4

Your common stable judgment if flawed. the talents and abilities for working a usa vs. a church are thoroughly diverse. the 1st Presidency are stated as from between the apostles (study this word indoors the present testomony, in case you're unfamiliar with it), no longer as a advantages for being elected to public place of work. The question is stupid, yet i think of of you're in all threat conscious of that.

Answer 5

"But Romney isn't always so nimble. For one thing, he really, really likes joking about polygamy—the ultimate Mormon oddity, and one in which Romney's family was directly involved. (According to the LDS Church's Family Search service, Miles Park Romney, Mitt's great-grandfather, had five wives; the church repudiated polygamy in 1890.) "I believe marriage should be between a man and a woman … and a woman … and a woman," Romney quipped at the 2005 St. Patrick's Day breakfast in Boston. He made the same joke on Don Imus' 2006 St. Patrick's Day show. Thanks to Romney's perfect delivery and the self-deprecating subtext—the tension between Romney's defense of "traditional" marriage and his own ancestors' history—it's a pretty funny line. But if you're trying to convince evangelicals that you share their values, why make your job more difficult?"
http://www.slate.com/id/2140539/

It's not just the polygamy issue, something, I don't know what, bothers me about him. I just can't pinpoint it.

Answer 6

I don't think that him being a Mormon should be held against him, he would be a decent President. It takes some skill to be even semi-conservative in Massachusetts!!!!

Answer 7

Ever lived in Utah? The church IS the state. That in itself isn't necessarily bad, most of the major metro areas are pretty clean/safe compared to others of the same size. To think that someone's religion doesn't affect their decisions is absurd. We are only human and our decision making is affected by a variety of factors including religion. The is no such thing as true impartiality.

Answer 8

I'm not sure it's that so much as it is wondering which side of the fence the guy really sits on. He's made some pretty sweeping changes to his stances on social issues. Talk about flip-flopping... I won't vote Republican in any case in 2008 but this guy's got to raise a whole bunch of questions about sincerity.

Answer 9

People are too scared to elect a moral person to a political office because he can't be bought.

Answer 10

I don't have a problem with him. I didn't know he is a Mormon. Oh well, nobody's perfect.