Mitt Romney, '60s Maverick of Mormons

Just to be clear, membership (baptism, confirmation and participation on many levels) has always been available to blacks, but the priesthood was withheld until 1978. I was not aware of Mitt's reaction to the announcement of the change until reading your article. But I can definitely relate to the joy he felt. Mormons everywhere were elated at the news. Horns honked in many areas and thousands of happy phone calls were made. It was truly a great day.

Have you nothing new about Mitt?
This appears to be the same stuff from days gone by.

Dear RutgersGuy,

Thanks for your interesting comment.

You wrote: "Mormons everywhere were elated at the news. Horns honked in many areas and thousands of happy phone calls were made. It was truly a great day."

It will be an equally great day if Mitt Romney becomes the next U.S. President, and thousands of evangelical Christians shall honk their horns and make happy phone calls.

It would be even better if these same thousands of evangelical Christians were to come to an understanding that they do not have exclusive rights to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. I'm sure they will be surprised to see many Mormons there as well.

Indicates you might be Mormon as well?
If so, is that the only reason you support Mitt Romney?
Mitt has some serious issues in trying to reach the Top SPot with an awful lot of us who are Conservative.

Dear Boaz,

I have made it clear in some of my Mormon and Mitt Romney posts that I am a traditional Christian, and not a Mormon. I have never been, am not, nor do I ever intend to become, a Mormon. I do not even have any personal Mormon acquaintances or friends, and never have had any in the past. Not only that, but there is sufficient information in my biography regarding my faith.

I support Mitt Romney for the same reasons that several other top evangelical Christian leaders are officially endorsing him. He is the right man for the job. He has the experience, and strong conservative values.

My focus on Mitt Romney, as well as the Mormon faith, is on the issue of religious intolerance. I find the religious intolerance of some evangelical Christians to be beyond all logic and reason, even to the point of their disagreement with their own evangelical leaders on the subject of Mitt Romney and his potential to become our next president.

I have written extensively about the subject of religious intolerance, and about the evangelical leaders that are currently endorsing Mitt Romney.

My readers are aware that I am not a Mormon. Thus, I conclude that you are not one of my regular readers, but have only posted your comment in the hopes of causing some kind of friction.

I would suggest that you read my biography, plus all of my posts about Mitt Romney and Mormons. Then I will be happy to respond to any further questions you might have regarding my position on this very important subject.

Blacks were never denied full membership. They were however not allowed to be ministers until the 70's, similar to how only the tribe of Levi could be ministers among the House of Israel in biblical times. That quote about Blacks not being equal is not church doctrine either as the MSNBC article seems to suggest - it was a fellow missionary's note and nothing more.

They're stretching pretty far when they define LDS doctrine in from extremely vague notes written by a 19 yr old boy who holds the lowest level of the spiritual authority in the church.