Gov. Romney, please do not listen to the advisors who are telling you not to mention your religious affiliation. The American people need to know exactly where you stand on issues, and how that stand is influenced by your religious beliefs. It all fits together!!

I'm sure his advisor's know that his main message(s) will be lost in the noise if his campaign becomes about his religion.

Although I am not mormon - and although politics and religion don't mix - but politics and principles are the integrity of an individual or country. Lets hear about principle of faith - it will be refreshing. Or is just still more of the same - the end justifies the means??? Mike

Romney's advisors don't want him to talk about the Mormon religion (of which Romney was a prominent leader,not just your everyday member)because they don't want people looking into a bizarre religion with bizarre beliefs and practices.

It is not a factor. Aren't our leaders supposed to represent us, not direct us ? Anone interested in Mormonism can read THE GODMAKERS and learn for themselves about the rituals that go on behind closed doors. Although this is not a choice I would make personally, why should we take something private and make it a public issue.

Sharon has it right that religion shold not be a factor, she is wrong that The God makers is a good place to learn about Mormonism! This is a blatantly anti-Mormon film, with ridiculous and offensive inaccuracies. A great book I just read that covers Romney's religion issue very well is "Mitt Romney: The Man, His Values, and His Vision" by Lisa Ray Turner and Kimberly Field. The authors are Mormon and evangelical Christian, respectively, and they discuss the issue intelligently and objectively. To learn about Mormonism, go to the church website or read Mormonism for Dummies. There are many good sources - The Godmakers is not one of them.

At least Mitt is faithful to the principles of representative government a la Theodemocracy.* Christians, on the other hand, will abandon the Constitution and accept Jesus as King as soon as he gets back.
* See final minutes of Mickelson's interview of Romney on Youtube.

Yes, please! Let's have a national discussion about all the absurd tenets of Mormonism. Then let's have another about all the absurd tenets of Christianity.

The way that "Christians" are describing the Mormon church would make me take a second look at the faith also. I am Mormon, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, though and smile in disbelief at the descriptions being made of what I believe. Take a bit of "this" and leave out a bit of "that" and you can create a bunch of falsehoods about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We all recognize the same kind of spin in politics. We all know that reporters and campaigns take things out of context to try and spin their point of view or slam the other campaign in hopes of alienating people from voting for a particular candidate. Fractions of truth can become a lie when taken out of context. For a simple example:

"I saw Billy take the basketball from the shelf in the store, look at it, and then put it back."

Take the same scene but this time say only the first part of the truth, "I saw Billy take the basketball from the shelf in the store."

Now you might think an entirely different way about Billy. Partial truth can become a very bad lie.

I know:
"A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still." There is nothing that I can say that would satisfy some Christian believers. I do believe that the truly honest in heart will look for the truth and not listen to every word being written in blogs and in news articles. It doesn't cost anything but your time to go the official Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint website and research what the church teaches.

Please take your questions and concerns to the offical website for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. There have been so many questions about our faith that a website has been created to help answer concerns and questions from people all across the globe. The Church has a message and it is beautiful. I believe you will be able to feel within your heart the difference while researching on the offical site rather than listening to those who oppose the church.

sincerely shared, Wendy

If you want info on the Mormon reigion,DO NOT go to their web site!It is a giant propaganda machine.Talk about picking and choosing!They will NOT tell you about many of the more controversial aspects.Such as how they work to become GODs themselves,vicarious baptisms for all the dead(even if you weren't Mormon),ect.A little research and you can find credible info!There is a reason that they are opposed by many other religions and christian groups!

So Bob, what you are saying is the LDS Church's own web-site's information is not credible? Do you think that the information that you got from sources who are anti-mormon or who are ignorant of the churches teachings are credible? I agree with Wendy73, most of the information on the LDS church, that which does not come from church's websites, the ones that you are describe as "credible" are half truths that are almost always taken out of context. Unfortunately, these half-truths are why people view the LDS church in such a negative way. If you have questions regarding something, isn't it best to go straight to the source? Why don't you (all of you) try talking to a member of the LDS church. We are all too happy to explain our beliefs.