"The LDS Church is a Christian and an American church"I would have thought that the real name of the the church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, would have made this an obvious statement, but many "Christians" don't agree.
This article talks about how a lot of the money Romney raised in the first quarter of 2007 came from Mormons. I love how many people want to say that the Mormon Church helped provide the money, as if Bishops stood up and read a letter from the First Presidency telling us to donate to Romney. I'm sure that individual Latter-day Saints donated to Romney, but that is on their own and not as a result of any church influence.
Hugh Hewitt was doing his part to point out that not all of the Utah money is from Mormons, but some comes from individual who saw Romney in action with the SLC olympics. The HH post also links to a Washington Post Q&A about Hugh's new book. When someone said that core LDS beliefs (Joseph Smith seeing visions, etc.) was weird, Hugh responded with a reference to more mainstream Christian miracles and then this:
"Lots of Americans believe lots of weird things. Democrats believe raising taxes will help the economy. We should decide debates on the weirdness of beliefs in the public policy arena, not the theological."That was great.
