Mitt Romney

This is not, never has been and never will be a political blog.  You will never know how I intend to vote in the upcoming national elections.  Sometimes, though, my posts may touch tangentially on politics as I discuss something else.  This post, for example, will be about the American politician Mitt Romney.
 
For those readers in other countries, as I write this on Tuesday night, the political caucuses in the State of Iowa are choosing the presidential candidates they favor for the nominations as representatives of the Republican and Democratic parties in the upcoming (2012) United States presidential election.   One of the Republican candidates is Mitt Romney, a Mormon.  The caucuses are politically important because they are the first test of the strengths of the various candidates with the voters.  There are still 49 other states and several territories which must also express their choices.

The nationally distributed newspaper, USA Today, had an article recently entitled"Christians are tough crowd for Romney." (The online title is "Mormon Romney struggles to win over Evangelical Christians.") Many Evangelicals are wary of voting for a Mormon because they do not consider Mormons to be Christians.

Actually, by law, there is no religious test for eligibility for the office of President of the United States of America.  The office could be held by a Hindu, or a Buddhist, or even an atheist, but it is understandable that voters would be most comfortable with a leader with whom they feel they share certain basic values and beliefs.

Mormons are known for their strong family values, strong work ethic, conservative social values, and non-orthodox religious doctrines.  They are led by a Prophet who speaks authoritatively for God.  They do not believe that revelation from God was completed within the Bible and have added additional scriptures.

Tomorrow, I will detail some of the reasons most Christian denominations do not feel that Mormons are Christian.

Addendum on 4 January 2011:
Last night in Iowa, Mitt Romney won the endorsement of Iowa Republicans as their choice for the position of candidate to represent the Republican Party in the 2012 United States Presidential election.  Mr. Romney edged out Rick Santorum, a Roman Catholic, by a margin of only 8 votes out of almost 125,000 votes cast.  The candidates now move to the state of New Hampshire.

The Democrats, as expected, gave their endorsement to the incumbent candidate, United States President   Barack Obama.