Even though he has been an extremely successful businessman, governor of Massachusetts, and played a big part in financially saving the successful 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, voters young and old have said they will not vote for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney because he's a Mormon. Fifty years ago the same was being said of Catholic presidential candidate John Kennedy.
In the Shenandoah Valley, Southern Virginia University in nearby Buena Vista is a Mormon-owned liberal arts college that embraces the values of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." Yet residents who live within miles of it refuse to vote for a Mormon.
Conservative President Ronald Reagan didn't pull away from Mormons. He had many who worked within his administration.
Let's look at some well-known Mormons who seem to be accepted by the same people who are leery of voting for Romney. Recognize any of these names?
Conservative commentator Glenn Beck ...
... entertainers, talk show hosts, and "Dancing With The Stars" contestants Donnie & Marie Osmond ...
... 2002 kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart ...
... former ambassador to China and 2012 presidential candidate Jon Huntsman ...
... singer Gladys Knight.
Don Bluth, producer and director of such children's films as "The Rescuers" (1977), "Pete's Dragon" (1977), "The Secret of NIMH" (1982), "An American Tail" (1986), "The Land Before Time" (1988), "All Dogs Go to Heaven" (1989), "Rock-A-Doodle" (1991), "Thumbelina" (1994), "Anastasia" (1997), and "Titan A.E." (2000) ...
... "Silver Spoons" actor Ricky Schroder ... Bill Marriott of the Marriott Hotel chain ... former Dell CEO Kevin Rollins ...
... author Stephenie Meyer who wrote the popular series that includes "Twilight," "New Moon," "Eclipse," "Breaking Dawn," and "The Host" ...
... "Napoleon Dynamite" actor Jon Heder ... Republican Senator Orrin Hatch ... U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ...
... retired three-star USAF General Brent Scowcroft who was National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush ...
... football quarterback Steve Young, the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in 1992 and 1994, and the MVP of Super Bowl XXIX ...
... and many more actors, singers, politicians, business people, and military members.
Look around. You may surprised to find that some of those hard-working people around you are Mormons.
1 comment:
I'll vote against him, in the VA primary, because I think he's a tool.
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