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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 05:41 PM
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Evangelical guide: Romney 'acknowledged' Mormons aren't Christian
Evangelical guide: Romney 'acknowledged' Mormons aren't Christian
AP Religion Writer / January 25, 2008

An executive for one of the nation's leading evangelical groups says in a video voter guide that Mitt Romney has "acknowledged Mormonism is not a Christian faith," although the GOP presidential candidate has said he follows Jesus Christ and his church insists it is Christian.

Tom Minnery, senior vice president of government and public policy at Focus on the Family Action, said in an interview Friday that the comment was his interpretation of Romney's December "Faith in America" speech that was meant to reassure voters about his religion.

Minnery said that he spoke with the campaign after the video was posted this week and they did not contest his view or ask him to retract the statement.


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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/25/mormonism_in_evangelical_voter_guide/
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fenriswolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 05:43 PM
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1. he was then later overheard saying "the moon is not in fact cheese"
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Dhalgren Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 06:21 PM
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2. "Toby? Toby? Toby Wong? Toby Wong? Toby Chung?
Fucking Charlie Chan?"
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 06:26 PM
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3. Romney...
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sallyseven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 07:59 PM
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4. Who cares, some of those Christians
are not christian at all. Romney is a big fat jerk whether he is christian or not.
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