Do you believe Mitt Romney cried when Mormons allowed blacks in their church?

[antiimperialist]

Poll question: Do you believe Mitt Romney cried when Mormons allowed blacks in their church?

“I can remember when I heard about the change being made. I was driving home from — I think it was law school, but I was driving home — going through the Fresh Pond rotary in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I heard it on the radio and I pulled over and literally wept.

[yardwork]

1. The question is - why did he cry?

[Olney Blue]

2. Yes, but tears of happiness for expanding his voting pool.

[Beaverhausen]

3. tears of joy or tears of sadness?

I need context.

[antiimperialist]

5. He meant that he was very happy that blacks were allowed in the church

[Beaverhausen]

10. Well, knowing what I know about what Mormons believe - I gotta vote he's full of shit

He's a lying sack of crap.

[Common Sense Party]

20. Perhaps you don't know a hell of a lot about what Mormons believe.

There's always that possibility.

[Hieronymus]

32. They believed that Blacks were black because they turned their backs on

God. One of their presidents said that if a Mormon were to have sex with a Black person he would die on the spot.
When the government said they would revoke their tax free status, because of prejudice, suddenly, God spoke to their president to say that it was OK to allow Black men to be priests in the Mormon Church. So convenient.

[Skittles]

26. yeah, sure

I'm sure he was honking for "colored" inclusion

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. yes, but for different reasons. "Oh no, they're going to let them in?"

was his real reaction. and then he flipped, when and where appropriate. and flipped again, when necessary, and so on and so forth.

[Gormy Cuss]

6. No, and here's why.

At that time it was absolutely impossible to pull over in the Fresh Pond Rotary and live.

[muntrv]

7. Tears of joy or tears of sadness? It depends on the context.

[phillysuse]

8. He was afraid his sons would marry

black women, or even worse, black men in Massachusetts.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. No. They did not include tear ducts in that year model of the

Ken doll :D

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. I'd've cried too, Mitt - you're supposed to drive AROUND rotaries

Drive through them and you're gonna get bagged by a cop.

[Franc_Lee]

12. Just what you want for a prez, a bullshitter, a weakling, a putz...!

[AlCzervik]

13. i find most of what he says to be insincere and bullshiity, i have no reason

to think otherwise.

[TwilightGardener]

14. WTF is a "rotary"?

[AlCzervik]

18. it's a roundabout, a circle shaped median. And i know exactly where he claims

to have cried, i used to drive home from work through Fresh pond.

[TwilightGardener]

21. Ah, thank you. Must be a New England term.

[AlCzervik]

22. it must be because i still call them that and my fellow Californians are like "What?"

[Lint Head]

15. It would crack his hair.

:dem:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

16. It was just like when a family member died from an illegal abortion and he swore he'd protect

a woman's right to choose forever and ever.

Freakin' swearing, sniveling manure flinger.

:eyes:

MKJ

[terisan]

17. The Romneys seem like a vacuous version of the Brady Bunch-if that is possible.

[Kucinich4America]

19. How many dogs did he have strapped to the roof of his car that time?

Poor Shamus. He didn't ask to be born a Mormon puppy.

[sniffa]

23. yes, because he was upset

[DS1]

24. He cried as much as Rudy watching 4 million tons of concrete pulverize his

weekend condo in the towers.

[joeybee12]

25. He has no tear ducts...he can't cry n/t

[EffieBlack]

27. I noticed he failed to mention ANYTHING he or his family had done to make that happen

Interesting - he went on and on about how he PERSONALLY felt about blacks, but he obviously did absolutely nothing to ensure equality of treatment for minorities in his church.

We don't need a president who PERSONALLY isn't a bigot but will not lift a finger to ensure that OTHER people don't discriminate.

[Arugula Latte]

31. Come on -- he doesn't have TIME for that! Do you know how much work that hair takes?

It's a FULL-TIME commitment, I tell you!

Priorities, people, priorities!

;)

[EffieBlack]

28. Self delete - duplicate

[Common Sense Party]

29. Your poll question is incorrect, or misleading.

Blacks were allowed in the church. Blacks had callings and some positions of leadership.

Black men did not hold the Priesthood until 1978.

[Radical Activist]

30. Yes.

A man running for President admitting he cried isn't something he would likely make up.

A lot of Mormons were happy about the decision. You didn't see them leaving the church in large numbers because they hated black people. It was a horrible thing that they didn't allow black people to have priesthood positions but Mormons weren't wearing white hoods and burning crosses.

[Eurobabe]

33. He cried alright, but most likely for the wrong reasons

this guy is the KING of BULL SHIT!! :grr: