Would Mitt Romney, as president, take his marching orders from Salt Lake City?
They asked the same questions of John F. Kennedy. He was Catholic and was grilled unmercifully by everyone. The only thing that concerns me is this: John Kennedy wasn’t a “high official” in his church, nor did he enjoy a “high status”. By his own admission, he wasn’t a very good Catholic. Romney is highly placed – and it took him a long time to get there – and in order to stay there he must follow the precepts of his church to the letter or risk being ousted. The Mormon religion is very strict about that. I would hope that anyone who wanted to be President would be President first, church-member second… but, we do have Bush…and he’s about as religious-right as you can get what with his daily conversations with “god” and with “god” telling him what to do….. Personally, I think a candidates religion should be irrelevant and find questions about it intrusive and obnoxious. I don’t care if the President worships tree stumps…I just want him to be President of ALL the people and foll
