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How is your church so successful in getting

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Mike Allen: How is your church so successful in getting its young people to follow its teachings?

 

Governor Mitt Romney: “I’m probably going to have to suggest that you turn to the Church. I’m not enough of an expert.”

 

Mike Allen: “Well, you’re a parent.”

 

Governor Mitt Romney: “I am a parent. I’m not enough of an expert on what the church has done. I can tell you what, as a parent, has been helpful, in my view. As a parent, we have taught our kids from the very beginning that it’s OK to be different – that there is honor and greatness associated with people who are willing to be different. Abraham Lincoln was different from his friends. George Washington had integrity and honesty that was different and distinct. Some of the great leaders of this nation have been willing to be different. And when our kids have told us that their friends are doing certain things that we deem to be unhealthy or immoral such as having kids out of wedlock, we were able to say, ‘You have different beliefs and different values. You have to decide what’s important to you and have the courage and integrity to be different.’ Now, have our kids experienced temptation and occasionally succumbed? Absolutely. I can’t tell you that our five boys were perfect. They’ve undergone challenges and I’m sure even to this day have challenges in their lives and struggle with them, as all of us do. No one is free of those things. But they try, and they make efforts to be better people. If I were to tell you one thing about my faith, it is that it encourages me to be a better person than I otherwise would be, and I think it’s done the same thing for my kids.”

 

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Religion Questions for Governor Mitt Romney

  1. 1st Debate
    1. What do you say to bishops who deny Communion to elected officials who support abortion rights?
    2. Do you accept Huckabee's statement that he wasn't talking about you?
  2. Mike Allen
    1. Why are key tenets of your faith still misunderstood?
  3. How is your church so successful in getting its young people to follow its teachings?
  4. Brian Lamb
    1. Who was Brigham Young?
    2. Well, if you go back -- and I found the name Pratt in your background who was some circuitous route related to Joseph Smith who was one of the founders of Mormonism.
    3. Are you prepared to deal with attacks on your religion?
    4. Do you have an evangelical problem?
    5. Has there been a mood change in the country about the importance of talking about religion?
    6. One place that I found that you almost died (His Mission)
  5. Wolf Blitzer
    1. How do you deal with the fact that you are a Mormon?
  6. Robert B Bluey
    1. Are you prepared to deal with what is bound to be attacks from the media and opponents about your religious faith?
  7. Wolf Blitzer
    1. Will evangelicals support a Mormon?
  8. Hugh Hewitt
    1. Does the country know enough about radical islam?
    2. Do you stand by your use of the word Islamic-facism?
    3. How many times are you going to have to ask and answer these questions?
  9. Jay Leno
    1. Is their enough diversity within the Mormon Church?
  10. Katherine Jean Lopez
    1. Will an exposé on Mormon Christmas celebrations hurt you in the primaries?
  11. George Stephanopoulos
    1. How does your faith inform your politics?
  12. Chris Wallace
    1. Are you a cultist?

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