Will this film kill Romney's run? I just saw an ad for a movie called "September Dawn".

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

It is about a massacre of pioneers by Mormons in the Utah territory on September 11, 1857. Questions surround Brigham Young's involvement with this.I recently watched a PBS program on the history of the Mormons and they reported on this.

I wonder if this will make people distrustful of Mormons and affect Romney's candidacy in the process.

Here's a clip from the movie

http://www.celebritywonder.com/movie/2007_September_Dawn.html

Mountain Meadow Massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_massacre

[Fridays Child]

1. Will the Inquisition kill Rudy's run?

'fraid not.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

3. lol! I wish it would! eom

[gorekerrydreamticket]

2. I doubt that he was involved....n/m

[SteppingRazor]

4. It'd be pretty sad if it did.

There's a lot of reasons to dislike Romney. His policy viewpoints, for example. Or even the fact that he strapped the family dog to the roof of his car for a 14-hour road trip. But pinning on him what people of his religion did 150 years ago is pathetic. It's like right-wing Christians who blame Jews for killing Jesus.

[bryant69]

5. Good point

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[HereSince1628]

6. About as much as the attack on Ft. Sumter should revoke SC voting rights

And No Massachusetts protestants should be elected because of the Salem Witch Trials?

:wtf:

[havocmom]

7. Was Romney one of the gunmen?

No one can run for office unless they can prove that no ancestor did a bad deed?

Thinking anybody who would not support a candidate based on an incident generations before that candidate's birth probably wasn't gonna support them anyway and was just looking for a peg to hang the decision on.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

16. I am not looking at how I would see this, I am looking at the rest of America.

Here is a religion that many people have problems with in the first place, and then it is disclosed that one of their major prophets was involved in such a heinous act. I would think that there would be some backlash.

[IndianaJones]

8. oh c'mon. lol. nt.

[peacetalksforall]

9. Not any more than the suspected involvement in the assassinations

of the three K's and the massacres of many people in Central and South America and the permitted bombing of people and infrastructure of Lebanon - just last year. Nor the massacre in Iraq. By people living.

[AlCzervik]

10. no and i also saw that program on PBS and it was very well done, never heard of the

massacre until i watched that show.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. I'm from NY and never met a Mormon until I developed an online friendship

with one. She left the church before giving them a chance to excommunicate her. The religion is just so alien to me and the PBS show was fascinating. I also found it interesting that the massacre took place on September 11th.

[soothsayer]

11. not sure anyone trusts Mormons in the first place, lol. They're so... DIFFERENT.

Different = bad.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

13. This is my point. I personally have no problem with Mormons but many people do feel that they

are "different". Having their Prophet being a cold-blooded murderer depicted in a movie isn't go to help that image with those who have doubts.

[durrrty libby]

12. I hope it hurts him. He is a slimy snake

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

14. I hope that it hurts him too. Slimy snake...please don't insult snakes!

I see him as a snake oil salesman.