Much has been made by the Left, and its propaganda division,
the Re-elect Obama Press, about how divisive Romney's Mormonism is among
religious people, especially evangelicals. I've always been curious about that
term, since Jesus made it clear we are all to evangelize His Testament. I
suppose to their narrow, intolerant, uniformed bigoted minds, and evangelical
is any person with traditional values and believes Jesus Christ is who He said He
is and that makes them right wing extremists.
Very much of how the Left\Democrats and Obama operate is to
divide and pit one group against another; Black vs White, Rich vs Poor,
Hispanic vs White, Illegals vs Citizens/ legal immigrants, and whatever else
they can come up with, Secular vs Religious. They take a very wrong turn
thinking they can pit religious denomination against religious denomination. In
the religious community, because of God as the centerpiece, an attack on one is
an attack on all.
Even an attack on Mormons is seen as an attack on religion,
and cannot be tolerated. When Obama attacked the Catholic Church demanding they
jettison a couple thousand years of belief and tradition and provide abortion,
contraception and sterilization, all Christians perceived this as an attack on
freedom of religion. Of course the Left, as it does, denies it's doing what's
wrong when caught. Rev. Rick Warren: “I’m not a Catholic but I stand in 100
percent solidarity with my brothers and sisters to practice their belief
against government pressure.” ... “I’d go to jail rather than cave in to a
government mandate that violates what God commands us to do. Would you? Acts
5:29.” ["But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: "We
ought to obey God rather than men"]
In their letter of protest, the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops: “We are already joined by our brothers and sisters of all faiths and
many others of good will in this important effort to regain our religious
freedom.”
There's been lots of religious persecution in this country
by government officials. In 17th century New York
(then New Amsterdam ) government officials
tried banning Jewish immigration; couldn't do that so banned synagogues. Ulysses
S Grant issued General Order 111, to expel all Jews from Kentucky , Tennessee and Mississippi . Lincoln overruled the
order. Mormon Reed Smoot was appointed Senator to the new state of Utah , and they refused
to swear him in; he eventually was. New
York banned Mormon missionaries of the time. The main
reason Mormons moved as a group was because in the East, it was open season to
kill them. Governor Lilburn Boggs in 1838 issued an order that Mormons “must be
exterminated or driven from the state if necessary for the public peace.” That
wasn't lifted until 1976.
Secularists, Democrats, Leftists, don't get the unity of the
religious. They only understand unity when various groups of people they've
divided up decide to become subservient to them, the State. That there are
people, like in Acts 5:29, that are subservient to God, not men when the
occasion warrants, is incomprehensible to them.
Religious people take the 1st Amendment very seriously, even
if Leftists and Our Dear Leader don't. By their continual attacks on the
religious, they are creating a huge voting block against themselves.
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