Romney and the Mormon Issue
February 15, 2012
As if he did not have enough other problems, here comes the question of Romney’s faith, but from an unexpected quarter. Much has been suggested throughout the campaign that there were many Republican Tea-Partiers who were not enthused with Mitt Romney being a Mormon. Now in light of the recent controversy concerning Mormon Church members posthumously seeking to baptize the parents of Jewish Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, enter Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel into the political fray.
Wiesel disclosed that his own ancestors’ names were submitted for baptism. As he observed, Jews died and were murdered because they would not convert to Christianity and now people want to convert them posthumously. It is reported that he has called upon Romney to denounce this practice of the Church of Latter Day Saints to seek to baptize dead Jews including victims of the Holocaust. It also appears that as recently as 2007 Romney himself did not totally deny participating or sanctioning this practice.
Comments
Elias Buchwald
February 15, 2012
This should be our biggest problem. It is a stupid, in my opinion, practice, and also bizarre and ridiculous. Would that this was Romney’s biggest failing - if indeed he has participated in the ceremony. If you want to criticize the Mormon Church, fine but it is hardly worthwhile bringing it up in a political context.
Sam A
February 15, 2012
A person running for President on “moral” and conservative values should publically denounce this practice. Elie Wiesel is correct in calling Romney out, it’s a disgraceful practice. Romney will hopefully come out on the right side of the issue by denouncing it.