After years of largely resisting public discussion of his Mormon faith, Mitt Romney will embrace it on Thursday night when the Republican convention will stage a carefully chosen tableau of speakers who are expected to offer accounts of the candidate as a man of compassion, character and deep beliefs. Whether or not to address his faith has been a source of disagreement inside the Romney campaign for months, with many family members (and other Mormons) arguing that Mr. Romney needed to disclose more about his life inside the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and political advisers, few of whom are Mormon, reluctant to take that risk. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.