More questions are being raised about presidential candidate Mitt Romney's religion after it was revealed that he helped baptise his adamantly atheist father-in-law years after the man had died.
Edward Roderick Davies was Ann Romney's father and died in 1992 after living as a staunch atheist all his life.
Recently-discovered records show that, in keeping with their controversial tradition of posthumously baptising non-Mormons, a ceremony was held to invite Mr Davies into the Church of Latter Day Saints one year after he died.
Really? This matters to you … why? How is this different from a Catholic burning a candle for someone in purgatory, and a Buhddist burning incense for an ancestor? Isn’t this a private religious quirk, and no weirder or more your concern than any other? Get a life …
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Absolutely agree. From the little I know about the subject, the sentiment seems well meaning and no stranger than any Christian practice. Leave religious exclusivity to your clergy or in the dark ages where it belongs. Let politicians worry about politics instead of bending over backwards for every little crusading personal issue the biased masses can produce.