Why I think Mitt Romney is running for President.

[oldhippydude]

65. thanks for your elequent explanations..

you took me back a number of years.. I was born in southern Idaho.. with the surname Ricks... and like you Grantcart, a direct decendant, of Mormons.. and also like you, our family had left the church.. when i would run across another with same surname, the question was not are you related, it was which wife?.. followed by the question what ward do you go to?

i too got incredulous remarks when teachers and classmates found out i was not one of them.. while i grew up with a profound prejudice concerning LDS people, in later life have become more accepting.. thats probably more a rejection of religion in general as acceptance of any belief system..

funny when you delineated the history.. i couldent help but think of the phenomonon of the "moonies".. as one sect moves toward acceptance, another seems to take its place..

thanks again for the trip down memory lane.. and the explanations..