Al Sharpton:
“As for the one Mormon running for office, those who really believe in God will defeat him anyways, so don’t worry about that; that’s a temporary situation,” Sharpton said during a debate with Hitchens at the New York Public Library.”
Mitt Romney:
“It shows that bigotry still exists in some corners,” said Romney, who spoke to reporters after a campaign event. “I thought it was a most unfortunate comment to make.” . . . “I don’t know Reverend Sharpton,” he said. “I doubt he is personally such a thing, but the comment was a comment which could be described as a bigoted comment.”
via Deseret News
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Sharpton is showing his true self, yet again. What a hypocritical bigot!
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If you don’t believe that Romney will have a problem with Christians, just ask him if Jesus is the Son of God.
He might, but it’s completely irrelevant to his candidacy for president.
Diana,
When Romney answers “yes” it’ll hardly rock the boat unless so-called “Christians” doing the questioning further imitate their Pharisee predicessors and try spouting anti-Mormon ignorance. Nobody asking about Romney’s beliefs has a true interest in his political stance, since the two are separate. They are just picking fights, stirring contention, and hoping to obscure truth.
It’s interesting that so-called Christians are anything but Christlike.
Diana, I’m not sure how to take your comment. I’m Mormon and of course Jesus is the Son of God. It’s either a bigoted question or you are trying to make a point.
Diana,
From your comment I can only assume you are as ignorant and bigoted as Al Sharpton. I am a Mormon. All of my family for generations have been Mormons. I literally know thousands of Mormons. Every Mormon I have ever known believes Jesus is the Son of God and is deity. We worship him and pray in his name. We perform all ordinances in his name. We believe he is the creator of the universe and that all power in the universe is derived from him. We know that man can only be saved through his grace and infinite sacrifice. I am sick of people trying to tell me what I believe and misrepresenting my religion. I am exhausted from having my faith maligned daily in the press from all sides without any repercussions. I’d also like to see some reciprocity from the Christian Right when it comes to Mormonism. There is no voting block more firmly behind the Christian Right agenda than the Mormons, but I guess a Mormon can’t count on that support in return.
If eveyone would try to model their actions and words after the life of Jesus Christ none of this would be happening. I am sure that Christ himself cannot believe how his inspirational life is being used to manipulate and hurt others. His message is clear, simple and not hard to understand. Maybe it is just to difficult for people to truly live.
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