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In the discussion thread: Lay off Romney and his Mormon beliefs? [View all]

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Mon May 14, 2012, 05:39 PM

Iggo (22,337 posts)

71. No, thank you.

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172 replies	Author	Time	Post
Lay off Romney and his Mormon beliefs? [View all]	WilliamPitt	May 2012	OP
Religion should have	Politicalboi	May 2012	#1
Yeah, let's go easy on ALEC and their major funders.	EFerrari	May 2012	#2
Wan't he some kind of minister in his church?	aint_no_life_nowhere	May 2012	#3
Bishop	Lars39	May 2012	#5
Here you go:	EFerrari	May 2012	#7
That will play great with the born-again crowd. Honestly, that piece is pure gold for him.	freshwest	May 2012	#107
Except that it will remind them of Romney's Mormonism	Alcibiades	May 2012	#126
I'm not talking those who are in a denominated congregation. The mega churched aren't.	freshwest	May 2012	#138
I'm quite familiar with those folks too	Alcibiades	May 2012	#144
It's a social activity requiring less money than many other activities. Not all tithe at 10%.	freshwest	May 2012	#150
I've noticed that, too	Alcibiades	May 2012	#153
Bishop -- a position of great influence	obamanut2012	May 2012	#9
My Dads a Bishop, it's hardly a person of great influence	FreeState	May 2012	#103
The LDS uses "bishops" because they're too cheap to pay church leaders	jmowreader	May 2012	#165
would love to lay off romney--but it would be better if he never got hired.......	dembotoz	May 2012	#4
I would how equal having four wives is in terms of marriage equality?	Rosa Luxemburg	May 2012	#158
The Romney gene: neither civil nor religious law	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#6
Moroni for President!	xtraxritical	May 2012	#45
He'd have done an awesome job	HotRodTuna	May 2012	#140
I really don't give a rat's butt about Romney's religion...	cynatnite	May 2012	#8
Yeah Mitt does what is "socially acceptable in his circle despite the law" too.	xtraxritical	May 2012	#46
I wouldn't have given a rat's butt either EXCEPT	HillWilliam	May 2012	#125
K & R to the effing top of the greatest page	malaise	May 2012	#10
The point as I saw it was you can attack Romney on a number of issues w/o using Mormonism as the	jp11	May 2012	#11
How do you know that it isn't his association with the Mormon Church	EFerrari	May 2012	#13
I don't and even if it was does that make all the people who are associated with the Mormon	jp11	May 2012	#35
Except the argument is about RMoney and the Mormon Church leadership,	EFerrari	May 2012	#38
Right? Rmoney is a Bishop in LDS.	daaron	May 2012	#117
Mormonism didn't make him a flipflopper	HotRodTuna	May 2012	#141
If you have ever tried to do business in Utah and you're not a Mormon	xtraxritical	May 2012	#48
And they push you toward conversion	siligut	May 2012	#62
my colleague/friend is a Mormon and compulsive liar	freeplessinseattle	May 2012	#112
When I lived in Utah, I often saw traits of personality disorders.	siligut	May 2012	#132
yep, I spent my younger years in SLC, and was bullied by a few Mormon girls	freeplessinseattle	May 2012	#139
Sorry, but it could be his very mormonism that CAUSES him to lie so damn much.	stillwaiting	May 2012	#83
Thanks for the link, it says it all.	bahrbearian	May 2012	#92
I hope it's OK - I'm making a thread just for this in Religion.	daaron	May 2012	#118
Yeah, but I'd rather attack his Mormon beliefs	_ed_	May 2012	#124
Hell no. Not when we are dealing with a religion more cult-like than most...	AzDar	May 2012	#12
Exactly! It's things like that that needs destroyed!!	Great Caesars Ghost	May 2012	#30
That was not a sincere OP imo.	Rex	May 2012	#14
Um.	WilliamPitt	May 2012	#15
Oh, er...I am talking about the OP that	Rex	May 2012	#16
whew	WilliamPitt	May 2012	#17
My fault.	Rex	May 2012	#22
I was about to deploy	WilliamPitt	May 2012	#25
LOL!	Rex	May 2012	#52
Not this OP, that OP. n/t	EFerrari	May 2012	#18
Got it	WilliamPitt	May 2012	#19
It's always good to see you here, Will.	EFerrari	May 2012	#21
Thanks	WilliamPitt	May 2012	#23
+1	Rex	May 2012	#27
Classic. n/t	EFerrari	May 2012	#31
I didn't even notice that	obamanut2012	May 2012	#77
Hehe.	Rex	May 2012	#20
Well, you did say 6 weeks for the decoder ring.	EFerrari	May 2012	#24
Be sure...to drink...your Ovaltine?	WilliamPitt	May 2012	#26
Ooooh...	Rex	May 2012	#29
thank goodness fisticuffs were avoided!	librechik	May 2012	#82
HAHA!	Rex	May 2012	#85
tee hee!	librechik	May 2012	#91
Lol, I read your mind and agreed with your mind completely!	sabrina 1	May 2012	#148
Republicans would never use religion for political attacks.	JohnnyRingo	May 2012	#28
For some reason "Lay Off" and "Romney" in the same sentence seems apt.	11 Bravo	May 2012	#32
HA!	WilliamPitt	May 2012	#33
That was my thought too.	progressoid	May 2012	#80
If Mormons are not wanting us to look into their religion because one of their own is running	TlalocW	May 2012	#34
K&R. I didn't want to even kick that other idiocy, so thanks for the alternative.	Egalitarian Thug	May 2012	#36
The Mormon support of Prop 8 in CA	SalviaBlue	May 2012	#37
This.	EFerrari	May 2012	#40
Not just Mormons.	Daemonaquila	May 2012	#41
In CA over Prop H8, it was the Catholic bishops	EFerrari	May 2012	#44
I agree... It's not just the Mormons. But Mitt is a Mormon.	SalviaBlue	May 2012	#101
They also gave money to help pass Amendent One in NC	obamanut2012	May 2012	#97
"...with his religion (which I believe is bat shit crazy). "	cleanhippie	May 2012	#120
If someone told you you had to join a religion for a job	HotRodTuna	May 2012	#142
Heck, no. Time to expose ALL religious kooks in government.	Daemonaquila	May 2012	#39
Nice, Left-Wing Christians don't tend to be "kooks"	obamanut2012	May 2012	#78
I'm starting to see the appeal in	LanternWaste	May 2012	#42
Does anyone here really want to see the Mormon Church in control of the United States?	Zorra	May 2012	#43
How are they able to keep their tax exempt status with all the politics and money?	xtraxritical	May 2012	#54
Good question. I suspect that they have numerous high paid lawyers and lobbyists	Zorra	May 2012	#63
I think you are right and they want a Mormon in high office to get even more influence	siligut	May 2012	#64
Thank you. They are a 1% multinational religious corporation, and they want	Zorra	May 2012	#74
I agree!	get the red out	May 2012	#55
The gloves came off with Prop 8.	myrna minx	May 2012	#47
Two kinds of politics. Effective and ineffective.	lumberjack_jeff	May 2012	#49
It could be our little slingshot against the financial clout of LDS,	EFerrari	May 2012	#50
Don't you know IOKIYMR?	Arugula Latte	May 2012	#51
LOL	EFerrari	May 2012	#53
Attacking religious minorities is an old tradition.	Bruce Wayne	May 2012	#56
The Mormon Church is hardly a "minority" when it comes to	EFerrari	May 2012	#57
The business that is this Church	get the red out	May 2012	#59
Agreed. n/t	EFerrari	May 2012	#60
That was your 666 post.	Rex	May 2012	#58
They funded and promoted the removal of rights from the people of California!	Zorra	May 2012	#65
The LDS elders would have no problem outlawing your religion if they could.	Ikonoklast	May 2012	#70
Entirely missing the point.	Bruce Wayne	May 2012	#155
snarf "Hey kids! Try some of Reverend Jim's special kool aid! It's totally killer!"	Zorra	May 2012	#163
Kirk to Khan: "You keep missing the target"	Bruce Wayne	May 2012	#168
+1	ellisonz	May 2012	#79
We need to look at the church calling of "multiple marriage' and polygamy. Yes there were guys .....	marble falls	May 2012	#61
CA was first in 1850 with property rights. Utah admited to the Union in 1896....	Bluenorthwest	May 2012	#86
According to some information, New Jersey women were granted the right to vote in 1776	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2012	#110
That's a fact. Actually how it happened was...	Bruce Wayne	May 2012	#156
A belief that the language was due to "haste" (and apparently carelesssness) is contrary to those	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2012	#159
Utah was first ......	marble falls	May 2012	#116
If a person believed his sofa was a deity would you give him access	NightWatcher	May 2012	#66
My sofa is a deity	WilliamPitt	May 2012	#67
I'd vote for you but then again I'm a born-again Sofamarian	NightWatcher	May 2012	#72
LOL	EFerrari	May 2012	#75
My lazy boy is more powerful than your Sofa.	bahrbearian	May 2012	#94
Zogon The Orange Pleather Ottoman scoffs at the Sofa Lord.	DirkGently	May 2012	#109
How is that different from every other religion? nt	Flatulo	May 2012	#96
"...some of the stuff he claims to believe."	cleanhippie	May 2012	#121
Comparing this to the JFK situation is a false equivalency	KamaAina	May 2012	#68
Nicely laid out. n/t	EFerrari	May 2012	#73
actually, to be fair to Mr. (Miles) Romney	hfojvt	May 2012	#69
No, thank you.	Iggo	May 2012	#71
Mormon Prophesy worries me in this context	HeiressofBickworth	May 2012	#76
"Mormons expect the US to eventually become a "Mormon-ruled theocracy divinely ordained	Zorra	May 2012	#134
Considering that would take place after other prophecies of mass destruction and upheaval	HotRodTuna	May 2012	#147
No need to attack, just ask Mitt to clarify	JoePhilly	May 2012	#81
Normally I would disagree. But Romney was a church Leader.	TNLib	May 2012	#84
Thank you, Will!	countryjake	May 2012	#87
Considering their global door knocking routine I find it impossible to believe that Mormons don't	Bluenorthwest	May 2012	#88
K&R	JitterbugPerfume	May 2012	#89
K&R. n/t	DLevine	May 2012	#90
Religious belief is as germane to politics as religious groups cause it to be.	DirkGently	May 2012	#93
hell no...exploit it to the hilt	ibegurpard	May 2012	#95
Attacking a candidate for what his great-grandfather and his great-great-grandfather	Flatulo	May 2012	#98
We're not attacking his ancestors, it's his belief/value system that is being scrutinized.	Major Hogwash	May 2012	#99
That's your opinion	Alcibiades	May 2012	#127
Isn't it still true that people vote their wallets?	Flatulo	May 2012	#128
The Mormon church is one big fringe element	Alcibiades	May 2012	#143
Romney made what happened 100 years ago relevant when he attacked same sex marriage.	SunSeeker	May 2012	#130
It's also a good example of moral relativism	Alcibiades	May 2012	#145
Also, aren't Mormon "sister wives" married to each other just as much as to their husband?	SunSeeker	May 2012	#149
Fuck the Hypocrit and His Waco Religion	we can do it	May 2012	#100
They helped push Prop H8, they are fair game.	Odin2005	May 2012	#102
They were fair game well before that	Major Nikon	May 2012	#162
K&R	99Forever	May 2012	#104
The Reason for not laying off	guappo1	May 2012	#105
you'd think this would raise hackles in the media.....naaaaaaw.	spanone	May 2012	#106
I believe in separation of church and state	Generic Other	May 2012	#108
+1000	Wind Dancer	May 2012	#129
Right. Give me a Freaking Break...Every RWers believes in and swears by the Bible/Old Testament	cr8tvlde	May 2012	#111
One Republican friend of mine	boomerbust	May 2012	#113
OOOOO what did he say?	obamanut2012	May 2012	#119
ahh, thank you	BlancheSplanchnik	May 2012	#114
Read up on Theodemocracy	obamanut2012	May 2012	#115
During BAIN Capital he was a bishop and area leader for LDS churches in Mass.	Ichingcarpenter	May 2012	#122
Mormonism was officially racist until 1978	_ed_	May 2012	#123
Just like Romney enjoys being able to lay off people?	Capt. Obvious	May 2012	#131
again I look to the words of Cyrus Arbuckle ...	bayareaboy	May 2012	#133
Wow, a bigotry triple. Well played.	Bruce Wayne	May 2012	#157
Frankly, I think that	tblue37	May 2012	#135
nope they think they should be above the law	madrchsod	May 2012	#136
It wasn't some nice folk from Utah that proudly and almost singlehandedly	cr8tvlde	May 2012	#137
If Wright is fair game, then Mormonism is	Alcibiades	May 2012	#146
the sins of the great-great-grandfather?	iverglas	May 2012	#151
and if he were a practicing Muslim with a GGGrandfather who had read Muslim rites ?	cr8tvlde	May 2012	#152
well, we disagree	iverglas	May 2012	#154
So, if a candidate's religion drafted, funded, and promoted, an amendment to	Zorra	May 2012	#166
why do you need to attack the candidate's religion? (edited)	iverglas	May 2012	#167
What about his great, great, great grandfather????????? how do you know he did not kill indians?	K.T.M.	May 2012	#170
It's fair to look at his family and poligamy and the role of race in the church's history.	craigmatic	May 2012	#160
For the first time in my entire life	Woody Woodpecker	May 2012	#161
Up	WilliamPitt	May 2012	#164
You're still dead wrong.	Bruce Wayne	May 2012	#171
I bet if we go back farther...	K.T.M.	May 2012	#169
Does this apply only to Romney or can we do this for everyone?	cleanhippie	May 2012	#172

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