Explain it to me: Mormonism? You ain't seen nothing yet. Wait until the General Election Campaign

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Explain it to me: Mormonism

You ain't seen nothing yet. Wait until the General Election Campaign - Romney vs. Obama, the godless left will break out a BIG can of whip-ass attacking Romney's wacko Mormon faith. The Primary Elections between Republicans have been tame and passive... the shit will hit the fan once these godless heathen liberals get up steam. Tying your dog on the roof of your car for 12 hours will be the least of Mitt "I had me some grits" Romney's problems.  Obama polls ahead today while still in GOP nice zone Primary's... See All General Election: Romney vs. Obama Polling Data

With two Mormons running for the Republican presidential nomination and a play riffing on the religion tearing up Broadway, the country appears to be having a Mormon moment.

Here are 10 facts about Mormonism. What other questions do you have about the faith?

1. The official name of the Mormon church is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

2. Mormons consider themselves Christian but their beliefs and practices differ from traditional Christianity in key ways, including belief in sacred texts outside the Bible and practices like posthumous proxy baptism and wearing special undergarments.

3. There are about 14 million Mormons today, with more than half living outside the United States.

4.  The Mormon religion was founded in upstate New York in 1830, when Joseph Smith published a translation of writings he said he found and translated from Egyptian-style hieroglyphics into English.  That's the Book of Mormon, which believers say consists of writings produced by ancient American civilizations.

5. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has outlawed polygamy since 1890.

6. Early Mormons faced intense persecution, so church headquarters relocated from New York to Missouri to Illinois in rapid succession. Joseph Smith was killed by a mob in Illinois. His successor, Brigham Young, led early Mormons to the Great Salt Lake in what's now Utah, where church headquarters remains.

7. Mormon men are expected to perform two years of missionary work beginning when they're 19 years old. Women can also do missionary work when they turn 21, but there is less pressure to do so.

8. Famous Mormons include J.W. Marriott, founder of the hotel chain, Glenn Beck and Gladys Knight, a convert.

9. Jon Huntsman and Mitt Romney represent different generations of Mormonism that have related pretty differently to American culture.

10. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is running some major ad campaigns to take advantage of burgeoning interest in the religion  source:

South Park's Accurate Mormon Explanation...FYI 

Mitt Romney Admits Family Dog Rode on the Roof of His Car for 12-Hour Trip

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Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has currently come under fire from animal lovers for what is being dubbed the "Mitt Romney dog on roof" incident, in which he admitted to putting his dog on the roof of his car for a 12-hour car trip in 1983.

Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney might have his hands full with PETA and other animal lovers after events involving his family dog from over 20 years ago resurfaced.

Apparently, Romney took his family dog, an Irish Setter named Seamus, on a 12-hour car trip in 1983 tied to the roof of his car in what is being dubbed the "Mitt Romney dog on roof" incident.

What's more is that Romney actually admitted to the act in an interview on Fox News, and tried to explain that Seamus enjoyed riding on the roof. He asserted that, with a car full of five children, the dog was probably more comfortable up top than he would have been if he was in the car.

What Romney obviously didn't know is that, as the interviewer points out, putting a dog on the roof of a car (in a kennel or otherwise) is considered cruel and inhumane in the state of Massachusetts. Whoops...

You can watch a snippet of the "Mitt Romney dog on roof" interview from Fox News below:

                                      

Romney's actions obviously weren't the smartest. Most animal lovers, as the interviewer notes, would just as soon put their animal on the roof of a car as they would their own children.

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