Rev. Al Sharpton Makes Comments Offensive to Romney and Mormons
May 9th, 2007 by eric
The Reverend Al Sharpton and Christopher Hitchens participated in a type of religious debate on the subject “Is God Great?” on Monday May 7, 2007 in which Al Sharpton denigrated Mormons and Governor Mitt Romney. When the subject of Mormonism came up, Al Sharpton says, “As for the one Mormon running for office, those who really believe in God will defeat him anyway, so don’t worry, that’s a temporary situation.”
The Mitt Romney campaign responded to Sharpton’s attack with the following statement.
“It is terribly disheartening and disappointing to hear Reverend Sharpton offer such appalling comments about a fellow American’s faith. America is a nation of diverse faiths and common values, and bigotry toward anyone because of their religious beliefs is unacceptable.” –Exclusive: Romney Campaign Responds to Sharpton Attack on Mormons, NYSunPolitics.com, May 8, 2007
Apparently they also gave the false report that the Mormons “once endorsed racial segregation.” The Mormons did not allow blacks to serve in leadership positions in the church prior to some time in the 1970’s. They were not racially segregated.
Can this man Al Sharpton really call himself a reverend? Here is a man who attacks and slanders and is shown to be racist. He is certainly not a man of God.
More commentary from Rush Limbaugh can be found here… http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_050807/content/01125108.guest.html
((YouTube embedded video, Rev Sharpton on Romney’s Religion))
