If Mitt Romney Wins the election. Will he let his Religous Beliefs get in the way of what is best for the U.S.

Question

Simple Question. Im just curious as to what you guys think. and dont bash him just because he is Mormon. This is a simple question. Please give an intelligent response. Dumb A$$es go to another Forum.
Thank you

I know what checks and balances are. IM not an idiot. But The president does have the most power. I am wondering if that power mixed with His religious beliefs will collide. Oh so you want someone with good morals, ethics and Christian values as President. All of those things have nothing to do with being president and Decision making. All things you know and have been taught cannot interfere with what you need to accomplish as a president. You have to base decisions on being a president and thats it. Nothing else should get in the way.

Answer 1

It's likely that he will convince himself (just as others have done and are doing) that their religious beliefs 'are' what's best for the US.

Answer 2

Of course he will. George W. Bush did. That's why I'm looking at less theocratic candidates like Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani. Dr. James Dobson had threatened to start a Third Party if someone like Giuliani got the nomination -- so if you're worried about Theocracy, the Republican Party isn't the Enemy in the "Culture War" anymore, it's the Battlefield. This election could very well be the beginning of the end for the Religious Reich. I would rather have a moderate or Libertarian Republican as president than a socialist like Hillary, but I don't want to have another Theocrat like Bush in there. That's why I am voting in the Republican primary, and I urge others, even self-proclaimed Liberals, to do so as well.

Answer 3

No! Did the fact that JFK was Catholic get in the way?

What about all the rest of the Presidents? Being Mormon isn't a thing that makes people weird and looking to the Prophet for guidance. I think it makes Romney a better person because of high values and a good moral character.

You won't see Romney in the Oval Office with an intern!

Answer 4

Checks and balances partner, checks and balances. The President does not possess all the power.

Usually the only decisions a first term president makes are the ones he thinks will get him a second term. He wins on promises and gets re-elected through artful compromise. I am old enough to remember JFK and the sleepless nights so many suffered, worrying about how this nation could survive a Catholic president. Here we are 47 years later. We're still here. I don't think there is anything to fear about Romney's religious beliefs. Remember who is REALLY in control.

Answer 5

Nope

At some of the functions he holds there is alcohol available. If he waned to force his beliefs on everyone, he'd make sure it wasn't. He doesn't drink it, however he allows others to do so. He'd do the same with the country.

There are Mormons all over Washington. Ronald Reagan appointed loads of Mormons. Why is this suddenly and issue???

Answer 6

No, I don't think he will. The people of Massachusetts had that concern before he was elected governor of that state and it never came to pass. The only thing that got him in hot-water was the mismanagement and shoddy work done on the tax-payer burden called The Big Dig.

Answer 7

The US government is set up with "checks and balances" that do not let this or anything a kin to it to take place. Those checks and balances include the judicail branch and the legislative branch that have veto power.

Answer 8

'Get in the way'? In a lot of respects (not all) it may be an improvement for the country as a whole to move closer to Mormonism. I do not agree presently with all publicly acknowledged beliefs; but it could be an improvement to the present system, to God's Glory!!!

Answer 9

No more than Jack Kennedy did, probably. And there was much made, at the time, about the fact that he was Catholic -- some thought he'd put the U.S. under the jurisdiction of Rome. Silly, but I do remember the talk. And that's all it was: Talk.

Answer 10

I live in Salt Lake City and I can truthfully say that, yes I think he will let his LDS beliefs influence his presidency. The Mormons here in SLC let their beliefs govern everything about the life here. Examples are the heavy restrictions on alcohol (liquor only sold at state-sponsored stores), all clubs are private member-only venues, curfew, etc. I am not saying that these are all that bad, but it shows that the seperation of church and state is a thin veil here in SLC. I do not want to see the same thing at the federal level.