One of the writers of the Book of Mormon musical cleverly gave credit to Joseph Smith as a co-writer while accepting his Tony award this past Sunday night. Of course Smith has been dead for more than a hundred and fifty years but it was nice that he got the tribute. When I first heard of this musical created by the irreverent South Park writers I figured it didn't have a chance of success. What do I know from Broadway?Mormonism has been in the news lately. Mitt Romney has announced that he will be running for the Republican presidential nomination once again. He has been an able politician through the years but he has three strikes against him in the conservative Republican realm. He is a Mormon and the strong evangelical contingent in the States doesn't have much use for the Latter Day Saints. So much for the separation of church and state.
The other two flaws in his character? He believes that global climate change has been caused by humans and he instituted changes in health care when governor of Massachusetts that looked suspicously Canadian. You just can't trust that kind of guy!
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If it weren't for his drastically changing views on homosexuality and abortion/stem cell research. He used to be a really respectable republican. Now that hes running for President it looks like theres huge difference between Governor Romney and Candidate Romney. Why does that always seem to happen to my favourite republicans.
ReplyDeleteWhile politicians like to think they direct public discourse, they are too often slaves to public opinion. Thanks Jonathan.
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