Post by duets on Mar 17, 2011 22:57:23 GMT -5
Just as Bill in BL ran for political office, he's not the only Mormon who has attempted this duty for office:
"Mitt Romney is a sixth-generation member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church, colloquially known as the Mormon church).[191][38] Romney has avoided speaking publicly about specific church doctrines, and pointed out that the U.S. Constitution prohibits religious tests for public office."
"Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman and Republican political figure who was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts (2003 to 2007). He ran for President of the United States in the 2008 election, and is a likely candidate in the 2012 presidential election."
"Romney is the son of George W. Romney (the former Governor of Michigan) and Lenore Romney. He was raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and served as a Mormon missionary in France. He received his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University, then earned a joint Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School."
"Romney won the election for Governor of Massachusetts in 2002, but did not seek reelection in 2006. Romney becoming a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. In that contest, he won several caucuses and primaries but ultimately lost to John McCain. Political observers and public opinion polls place him as a front-runner for the Republican nomination in the 2012 presidential election."
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"In 1902, apostle Reed Smoot was elected to the U.S. Senate and from 1904 through 1907, Smoot and the LDS church were investigated in a major Senate hearing that was as publicly visible at that time as were the Teapot Dome or the Watergate scandal. The outcome of this inquisition was favorable, and Smoot went on to become one of the country's most powerful U.S. senators during the first half of the 20th century."
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" In the second half of the 20th century, increasing numbers of Latter-day Saints emerged as political, financial, and cultural leaders. Ezra Taft Benson was secretary of agriculture in the Eisenhower administration. The Marriott family became prominent in the hotel arena. George Romney, who served as governor of Michigan, ran for president; his son Mitt was governor of Massachusetts and is running for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. Other highly visible figures include Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Robert Bennett (R-Utah), as well as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.); former NASA administrator James C. Fletcher; and Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt. In none of these cases has the issue of their Mormonism figured large in their careers."
www.pbs.org/mormons/faqs/politics.html
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Joseph Smith: Campaign for President of the United States
"On January 29, 1844, the Prophet Joseph Smith formally decided to run for the office of president of the United States. What did he hope to accomplish?"
"It began in 1839. The Prophet Joseph Smith, finally free after more than four months of imprisonment in Liberty, Missouri, had settled in Illinois, and the Saints had begun building what would become the city of Nauvoo. With the Missouri persecutions fresh in their minds, the Saints sought redress for the grievances they had suffered, but they were not successful."
"Frustrated, Joseph determined to seek help from the federal government. After all, weren’t all Americans guaranteed the protections found in the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution? The very first of these is generally taken as a guarantee of the right to practice religion freely."
lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=ea469d9ff732f110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1
"Mitt Romney is a sixth-generation member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church, colloquially known as the Mormon church).[191][38] Romney has avoided speaking publicly about specific church doctrines, and pointed out that the U.S. Constitution prohibits religious tests for public office."
"Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman and Republican political figure who was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts (2003 to 2007). He ran for President of the United States in the 2008 election, and is a likely candidate in the 2012 presidential election."
"Romney is the son of George W. Romney (the former Governor of Michigan) and Lenore Romney. He was raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and served as a Mormon missionary in France. He received his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University, then earned a joint Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School."
"Romney won the election for Governor of Massachusetts in 2002, but did not seek reelection in 2006. Romney becoming a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. In that contest, he won several caucuses and primaries but ultimately lost to John McCain. Political observers and public opinion polls place him as a front-runner for the Republican nomination in the 2012 presidential election."
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"In 1902, apostle Reed Smoot was elected to the U.S. Senate and from 1904 through 1907, Smoot and the LDS church were investigated in a major Senate hearing that was as publicly visible at that time as were the Teapot Dome or the Watergate scandal. The outcome of this inquisition was favorable, and Smoot went on to become one of the country's most powerful U.S. senators during the first half of the 20th century."
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" In the second half of the 20th century, increasing numbers of Latter-day Saints emerged as political, financial, and cultural leaders. Ezra Taft Benson was secretary of agriculture in the Eisenhower administration. The Marriott family became prominent in the hotel arena. George Romney, who served as governor of Michigan, ran for president; his son Mitt was governor of Massachusetts and is running for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. Other highly visible figures include Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Robert Bennett (R-Utah), as well as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.); former NASA administrator James C. Fletcher; and Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt. In none of these cases has the issue of their Mormonism figured large in their careers."
www.pbs.org/mormons/faqs/politics.html
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Joseph Smith: Campaign for President of the United States
"On January 29, 1844, the Prophet Joseph Smith formally decided to run for the office of president of the United States. What did he hope to accomplish?"
"It began in 1839. The Prophet Joseph Smith, finally free after more than four months of imprisonment in Liberty, Missouri, had settled in Illinois, and the Saints had begun building what would become the city of Nauvoo. With the Missouri persecutions fresh in their minds, the Saints sought redress for the grievances they had suffered, but they were not successful."
"Frustrated, Joseph determined to seek help from the federal government. After all, weren’t all Americans guaranteed the protections found in the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution? The very first of these is generally taken as a guarantee of the right to practice religion freely."
lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=ea469d9ff732f110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1
