We're Losing Our US Heritage

On September 19, 2012 more of the May video hit the air - Romney said to use his wife Ann sparingly so people don’t get tired of her, joked that his father was born in Mexico to American parents and he’d have a better time winning the election if he was born to Mexican parents and said “Women are open to supporting me but we’re having a much harder time with Hispanic voters and if the Hispanic voting bloc becomes as committed to the Democrats as the African American voting bloc has in the past we are in trouble as a Party and I think as a nation.” People were taking Romney’s comments with a grain of salt, the media casually said he had 4 events left to gain points and the comments didn’t get much attention in the September 19 Univision forum.

Just for information, here are some changes that occurred in the Mormon religion: polygamy was outlawed in 1890 (after the 1879 Supreme Court ruling) and due to the 1960s and 1970s Women's Liberation and the Civil Rights Movement Blacks began to get positions of leadership and women a certain degree of authority (not leadership) - in the operation of local congregations, teaching classes, organizing social, educational, and humanitarian activities, serving as missionaries, and a select few may perform certain ordinances such as washing and anointing on behalf of women. On September 20 on Radio Iowa Ann’s response to critics saying her husband is running a losing campaign said “Stop it. This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring.” I guess this and other comments are why Mitt thought we’d tire of her.  

Maybe I’m overreacting. But it seems to me that the Republicans are trying to take us away from our history. In trouble as a nation – if people of non White heritage do not believe their rhetoric; I think the opposite is true. We need to stand together and make this vow - “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”. It doesn’t matter if God has another name in a non Christian religion, it doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor to get liberty (rights) and justice (fairness). If they succeed I don’t believe there will be a way to repair the damage inside or outside our country.