Race Matters: Mormonism, Rev. Jeremiah Wright and the 2012 Presidential Race

Edward Wyckoff Williams
Huffington Post

I believe in freedom of religion. I believe in being politically correct. What I do not believe in are double standards.

To that end, Mitt Romney must answer for having been 32 years old, and the member of an organization that explicitly excluded African Americans.

Frank Rich, the Award-winning journalist, recently explored the personal influence of Romney’s Mormon faith and its political significance in his presidential run.

In a New York Magazine piece entitled, “Who in God’s Name Is Mitt Romney?”, Rich interviews long-term acquaintances of the former governor, one of whom is quoted as saying, “None of us had any idea who this guy was.”

Rich explores the idea that Romney’s personal persona — which has long been described as being impersonal at best, and disingenuous at worst, may well be due to the fact he has not been free to discuss the matter most important to his heart: namely, his Mormon faith.
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