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JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 10:39 PM Sep 2012

Romney’s “Mormon” Draft Deferment Not Legal [View all]

Draft Dodger Demonstrated for Vietnam Draft then Ran to France
by Gordon Duff, Senior Editor

Wikipedia gives Romney’s history, showing him to have dropped out of college at 19 and, instead of going to Vietnam as most Americans, he left for France but not covered by any deferment other than one claimed as part of a “private agreement” to name all Mormon children “ministers” according to Mitt’s biographers.

The US Constitution says otherwise, from page one onward. There is no language in the Federal Register supporting this claim, no court decisions and, as there were no African Americans allowed in the Mormon Church at the time, such a decision would have also been a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 and the Equal Protection provisions of the Constitution.

It wasn’t until 1978 that the challenges to the Mormon Church as legitimate due to their racists policies was settled by the IRS allowing them the legal status of a religious organization. Prior to that, they had the same tax standing as the KKK.

No ACLU lawsuit, no complaints against the then “whites only” Mormon Church and a bizarre number of contradictory stories to make Romney seem like something other than a felon, not very convincing stories at that.

Long, DAMNING evidence ahead: http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/09/10/romneys-mormon-draft-deferrment-not-legal/

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Another Neo-con chickenhawk. StrictlyRockers Sep 2012 #1
Oh dear - not sure what to say. nc4bo Sep 2012 #2
The Constitution is silent on the issue Spider Jerusalem Sep 2012 #3
The establishment clause elleng Sep 2012 #13
Neither of which applies, in any case Spider Jerusalem Sep 2012 #16
Romneys flee to America, Romneys flee to Mexico, Romney flees to France Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #4
Surely, many religious people served in Viet Nam. chollybocker Sep 2012 #5
The we're lots of LDS that were in Vietnam as well FreeState Sep 2012 #7
My dad's roommate at the base in Thailand he was stationed at kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #11
Mormon missionaries are ordained ministers FreeState Sep 2012 #6
There were black Mormons, but they were not eligible for church issued draft deferments. braddy Sep 2012 #15
They were not ministers thats why they were not eligible FreeState Sep 2012 #18
You keep calling them Ministers, the word is Priest, the Melchizedek Priesthood braddy Sep 2012 #20
Kick LunaSea Sep 2012 #8
Letting the You People fight the war. . B Calm Sep 2012 #9
the argument that Mitt is a felon for what he did is rather unconvincing fishwax Sep 2012 #10
How to stay out of harm's way in style and comfort: jsr Sep 2012 #12
HE NEEDS TO SHOW AMERICA HIS DEFERMENT PAPERS Cronus Protagonist Sep 2012 #14
have you read some of the other pieces iamthebandfanman Sep 2012 #17
Figures... The rich feel flyguyjake Sep 2012 #19
Veterans Today is a hate group according to SPLC KamaAina Sep 2012 #21
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