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br> -- Howard Lohmuller br> Seabrook, Texas /p>

"On the one hand, his Mormon faith is a substantial obstacle to his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president. In his speech, Romney presented his Mormon faith as another version of Christianity, but that view is contested to say the least. Evangelicals make up a large part of the party's base as do Catholics. For both groups, Mormonism is a heresy." Hunter Baker

"But, by the same token, his inclusion of the sentence, "Americans tire of those who would jettison their beliefs, even to gain the world," will have struck some as ironic. Romney is, after all, the man accused with frequency of having changed his views on everything from abortion to immigration to Ronald Reagan to his favorite book." Liz Mair

p>These two sentences capture beautifully what troubles many about a significant segment of the GOP base and about Mitt Romney. br> -- Mike Roush br> North Carolina /p>

I am not now or I have been a member of the Mormon Church, but I've met quite a few Mormons during my sixty years. When I was in the Army back in the late sixties my dog tags had "NO PREF" stamped on them. Not that I was an atheist or an agnostic back then. I just figured that if things got to the point where people might be taking a close look at my dog tags that I'd be happy to have a minister of any faith in my corner. I have yet to meet a Mormon that I felt that I couldn't trust and I have never met a Mormon that wasn't a strong supporter of their family, their country, and their faith. Mormons have a distinguished record of service in this country's military as well as a long record of public service -- with one exception. If I had to select a Mormon that didn't live up to my ideal of how a patriotic American public servant ought to conduct himself I'd have to pick Senator Harry Reid of Nevada. Senator Reid may be a member of the Mormon Church, but he appears to be more devoted to the Doctrines of Karl Marx and to the Gospel of Defeat than to the Doctrines of Jesus Christ. That's just my opinion, but that's how I see it.

p>If Governor Romney gets the nomination of his party I intend to vote for him for President. I consider him to be a decent and honorable man who "packs the moral gear" to lead this country. I can't say the same of any of the Democratic candidates who might get that party's nomination. And, by the way, I'm not worried that the day after Election Day I'll wake up to find my house surrounded by young men in white shirts and ties on ten-speed bikes. br> -- T.L. Jeffrey

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