are made against the mormons. i think that's absolutely right. >> reporter: the bias against mr mmonism haseen a probm for mitt rney's campgn. buattitutudes seem to be changing. a recent poll by the pew research center found that eight of ten voters who know mitt romney is a mormon say they are either comfortable with his faith or it doesn't matter to them. for "religion and ethics newsweekly," i'm lucky severson in salt lake city. >>> on our calendar this week, hindus celebrate ganesha chaturthi the ten-day festival dedicated to the popular elephant-headed god, lord ganesha. clay figures of the deity are often made and immersed in lakes and rivers. in some parts of india this year, artisans are using eco-friendly materials to help reduce water pollution. >>> finally, the jewish high holidays begin this weekend with the jewish new year rosh hashanah. sephardic jews, most of whom trace their heritage to spain and the middle east, have a special worship service to prepare spiritually for the holidays. we spoke with

there are african-american mormons, gay mormons, mormons like me who are democrat.other across our differences in the faith. >>imus: you attended brigham young university? >>guest: i did. i'm a cougar. >>imus: you're getting all liberal at brigham young. i'm more liberal than i am whatever. but any way, i kind of support gay marriage. in fact, i'm a universal life church minister. >>guest: google told me that. google told me about your ministerial career. want me to call you reverend? >>imus: you can. that's not what most people call me. i'm drinking coffee this morning. i was thinking about whether i should, whether it would be appropriate or respectful for me to drink coffee while you were on. >>guest: i have my tea, my herbal tea. >>imus: why are christians, a lot of them -- because you explained it's the same jesus. i wonder where this hostility comes? it's a misunderstanding? >>guest: during the late 1970's mormons left the united states. we moved to utah to start our own society. there were so many stereotypes and misunderstandings. the federal government marc

the mormons, someone who has been a minister for the mormons.this is part of him. it's a very deep faith. >> what also runs deep is the romney family history with the latter day saints. >> the story of mormonism is in many ways the story of the romney family and vice versa. mitt's great, great grandfather, miles romney, was living near liverpool, england, and he heard mormon missionaries come from the u.s. and preach their message. and mitt's great, great grandfather believed this message was true and converted and then took his family to navu, illinois, which was then the center of mormonism in the united states. >> yet, since its founding in the early 1920s, mormons have often been persecuted because of their 19th country practice of plural marriage or polygamy and also their belief that there's a third testament, the book of mormon, which maintains that jesus visited the new world. >> as soon as they began to get established, you began to have per se cause of a kind that is very american. >> the mormons often found themselves forced to flee f

>> the mormon church is a very diverse group. many people define the mormon church as the leaders. you know, i don't know how the leaders of. that is a private think. especially in recent years they have taken on the various strong political neutrality. they believe that mormons, members of our church can make could members of any political party or no party. and so it's hard, even when you draw the statistics out. the number of mormons are conservatives are republican, it's hard to say what momism represents politically. i advocate that it should be more libertarian, but when you look at polls, when he looked at voting records, utah, for example, a prevalent number of mormons, by no means is a libertarian to plan the current that is getting all of these periods on trying to advocate a change. i think those trends are deviation from what the principles of our faith far. i like to pull more people towards liberty. but right now that is quite far off. i have a lot of work to do. >> connor boyack has been our guest on book tv. this is his book, "latter-day liberty: a gospel approach t

bachelor" has a distinctively mormon approach. star of the show is chris barber a 26-year-old virgin. >> we don't engage in sexual activities before marriage? >> not even a case? >> of course, kisses, what not. we try to keep it clean. >> well, we talk about being chaste. >> this isn't fun stuff to talk about on a date. >> we have lots of things to talk about. >> reporter: that's melissa, one of 12 women vying for chris' heart. they let us tag along as they got to know each other. right off the bat chris and melissa broke one of my pre conceptions about the church of ladder day saints. >> coca-cola -- >> we're not supposed to drink hot drinks. >> yeah. >> i don't think coca-cola will turn me into a lunatic. >> reporter: it's a far cry from abc owes "the bachelor pad" this summer a bunch of contestantsup. not likely to happen on "the mormon bachelor". >> we get hit on about doing a fantasy suite. sorry, kissing is all you'll see. friends aubrey and erin came up with the idea of the show after graduating from brigham young universit

mormons, someone who has been a minister for the mormons.- this is part of him. it's a very deep faith. >> what also runs deep is the romney family history with the latter day saints. >> the story of mormonism is in many ways the story of the romney family and vice versa. mitt's great, great grandfather, miles romney, was living near liverpool, england, and he heard mormon missionaries come from the u.s. and preach their message. and mitt's great, great grandfather believed this message was true and converted and then took his family top navu, illinois, which was then the center of mormom onnism in the united states. >> yet, since its founding in the early 1920s, mormons have often been persecuted because of their 19th country practice of plural marriage or polygamy and also their belief that there's a third testament, the book of mormon which maintains that jesus visited the new world. >> as soon as they began to get established, you began to have persecution of a kind that is >> tvery american. >> the mormons often found themselves forced

the mormons, someone who has been a minister for the mormons.ep -- this is part of him. it's a very deep faith. >> what also runs deep is the romney family history with the latter day saints. >> the story of mormonism is in many ways the story of the romney family and vice versa. mitt's great, great grandfather, miles romney, was living near liverpool, england, and he heard mormon missionaries come from the u.s. and preach their message. and mitt's great, great grandfather believed this message was true and converted and then took his family to navu, illinois, which was then the center of mormom onnism in the united states. >> yet, since its founding in the early 1920s, mormons have often been persecuted because of their 19th country practice of plural marriage or polygamy and also their belief that there's a third testament, the book of mormon which maintains that jesus visited the new world. >> as soon as they began to get established, you began to have persecution of a kind that is very american. >> the mormons often found themselves forced t

and perspectives, and we are not all mitt romney mormons or jon huntsman mormons or harry reid, andre little girls growing up watching marie osmond, and that is how we are a faith that is evolving and growing globally, and we are a faith that is sorting through important issues like how to treat gay mormons in the congregations and how to express love and compassion and make more of a home for them. >> and one of the biggest problems with the chump as far as i understand it is the opposition to gay marriage. what makes you so passionate about this topic? >> as a mormon child, i was raised to love the golden rule. i was raised with a strong ethic of kindness to others and if in the book of "mormon girl" have witnessed the churches campaign against civil rights for lgbt people and how it felt out of character for me, the faith i loved. so my heart led me to support equal rights under the law for gay and lesbian people. >> and so you have really personally struggled with the mormon faith, but somehow, you have managed a way to stay with it. what parts of it are what other parts of it a

they believe members can be good mormons within a political party. even with the statistics it is hard to say what it represents politically. i advocate a libertarian but look at the voting records by no means is there the libertarian under current. those are a deviation i'd like to pull more toward liberty but that is far off. i have a lot of work to do to seven john corvino is our third guest. his book is "latter-day liberty." of gospel approach to government and politics. thank you. >>guest: i appreciate it. . .

prince you write the basis of mormon community stretching back to the earliest years of mormonism is able have a sacred obligation to assist the less able. >> yes, that is correct. >> i were a supporter of mitt romney's in this first campaign weren't you? >> yes, i was financially. >> you talk about having a conversation with him when pbs was doing a documentary you suggested that it would be useful for him to appear in it and have a sane and sensible discussion of his religion there. >> the producer who was not a mormon had worked with me and made the suggestion. she was intrigued by him as well. and she is not a republican. she said it is possible that i will be seeing him. she said i will put him on pbs for an hour nationally if he would allow me to interview him about his religion. he had heard this before and said we have made the judgement that the religion issue is going to go away on its own and he declined the offer. >> there is speculation that it had something to do with what we heard on that tape about the 47%. there is a post tonight saying linking that to the notion tha

he is not the face of mormonism. a step further saying he had sullied the religion he and prince share. other mormons have said mitt romney's campaign has been a positive influence. j.w. marriott of the marriott hotel chain said the campaign was wonderful. story after story talking about mitt romney's mormonism, the family who had a premature daughter who had premature complications. and the 14-year-old dying boy who befriended mitt romney and had mitt romney write his will. >> the next time mitt went to the hospital he was equipped with a yellow legal. and pen. together they made david's will. that is a task that no child should ever have to do. but it gave david peace of mind. so after david's death we were able to give his skateboard, his model rockets and fishing gear to his best friends. >> reporter: we have contacted the romney campaign. so far no comment. the mormon church also has not commented about harry reid's comments. megyn: right after this break frank luntz is going to be here. he's the author of "word

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. >> saw the book of mormon.urprised, kim kardashian. >> i'm proud to accept you >> jimmy: thanks for bringing me to applebee's tonight, guillermo. >> you deserve the best, jimmy. >> jimmy: and thanks for offering to pay, that's very nice, but i'll get the check. >> no, jimmy. i invited you out, i insist on paying. besides, with applebee's "2 for 20" menu, i can afford it. >> jimmy: what does that mean, "2 for 20"? >> "2 for 20," that's one appetizer and two entrees, the best of the best, for $20. and there's always something new to try on the for 20 menu. >> hi. >> oh, hi. >> the new chipotle cream steak and shrimp combo for you. >> steak and shrimp! on one plate! >> that's right. >> and for you, the southwest shrimp fettucine, topped with lime, garlic and fresh cilantro. >> gracias. >> jimmy: that means "thank you" in spanish. >> de nada. >> jimmy: wow, this two for $20 is a great deal. thanks for taking me out to eat. now what was it you wanted to talk about? >> i need $20 to pay for dinner. [ laughter ] >> ji

going up while mitt romney's mormon faith has been on the backburner over the past several weeks it's possible that his faith was the only thing driving does mitt think he is the mormon savior of america and that he's destined to take over the white house no matter how many gaffes e.-m. i'll explain in tonight's kalitta. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcome to the big picture. here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a donor. i'm sorry i'm just a guy who cares an awful lot about you sir are a fool you know what kind of my terrorist cells in your neighborhood all want the usa to defeat terrorism be a liberal and the christian point you. can stick your beliefs about it because it's going to school for you to distract us from what you and i should care about because there are profit driven industry that sells us and facials that ga

are there black mormons?ecause we actually talked -- when we were writing the show, we were like, it would be really funny, we should put in the playbill, if you would like to know more, visit your local temple. that would be hilarious. and they did it themselves. >> jimmy: they paid to do it. >> they paid to do it. >> jimmy: what's going on with "south park" right now? when does that come back on? [ applause ] >> we have new shows on -- >> three weeks from yesterday. >> jimmy: that means you'll start writing them in a couple weeks. >> we started talking about them today. >> yeah, meeting today to start talking about them. >> jimmy: it will be a last-second type of deal that you'll do with the show? >> yeah. every time we try to write a show way ahead of time, it sucks, so -- we just gave up. >> we don't even start now until -- >> jimmy: it's inspiring for all those kids who don't do their homework until midnight the night before. you guys have made a career out of it. >> wake up at 4:00 a.m. and do it then.

possible that his faith is the only thing driving does mitt think he is the mormon savior of america and that he's destined to take over the white house no matter how many gaffes yeah i'll explain in tonight's daily to. wealthy british style. restaurant on. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report. he. lol. it's thursday are you ready to get he when i say more rally what do you think of doing a religion but what about what your parents taught you every night at the dinner table it's always been a common belief that religion or our parents teach us our morals and form our moral instincts but now scientists believe that the brain may have a strong influence on our moral instincts to according to joshua green a psychologist a harvard scientists use stories are the limits to determine how people make decisions and what role the brain plays in making those decisions for example say a trolley is headed toward five people and the only way you can save those

you know that when there's a big group of mormons there because there will be this really inside mormonmmy: this is pretty amazing too. this is the play book from the theater. this is not something we made up. >> we just found this out last night. it's unbelievable. >> jimmy: the book of mormon, it's not just a musical, of course. it's the bible for the church of latter day saints. they took out advertising in your play book. >> they did. >> jimmy: i've read the book. the book is always better. you've seen the play. now read the book. are there black mormons? i find that hard to believe. >> we talked. you know what would be really funny, we should put it in the play, if you'd like to know more about the mormons visit your local temple. and they did it themselves. >> jimmy: that's great. what's going on with "south park" right now, when does that come back? [ applause ] >> we have new shows in a couple weeks. >> jimmy: that means you'll start writing them in a couple weeks. >> we started talking about them today. >> jimmy: it will be a last-second type of deal that you'll do with the sho

that makes him the first mormon nominated for president by either major party. in his acceptance speech, the usually private romney opened a small window into his faith and practice. our managing editor kim lawton reports from tampa on the many ways in which religion played a part in the convention. >> in accepting the republican nomination for president thursday, governor mitt romney talked more personally about his religion than he has so far on the campaign trail. describing his background, romney specifically mentioned his membership in the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. >> we were mormons and growing up in michigan, that might have seemed unusual or out of place. but i really don't remember it that way. my friends cared more about what sports teams we followed than what church we went to. >> in the 1980s, romney was bishop for a mormon congregation in suburban boston in lds tradition, a bishop is similar to a pastor. he oversaw other churs as well. >> we had remarkably vibrant and diverse congregations from all walks of life, and many who were

ann's parents couldn't attend because they weren't mormon.y new convert. romney biographer scott helman and michael kranish. >> when ann davies meets mitt, i think she's searching a little bit for a religious home, the way a teenager does. what does this mean. and what do i believe? this was a big hurdle they would have to get over if they were going to be serious. >> did mitt romney spend a lot of time talking about faith to ann, or was it george? >> early on, when mitt was going out with ann, he did give her some lessons in what was the mormon faith all about. >> but ultimately ann's conversion was overseen by george romney while mitt was in france. >> and he would pick me up every sunday for church. the reason i think it was so easy for me to talk to him even on a spiritual level like that is because he respected me as his complete equal. >> ann and mitt settled in provo, utah, in this $75-a-month basement apartment, starting a family and getting serious about school. the mission experience in france had clearly refocused romney. >> life w

as a mormon missionary in france.n he considered breaking. >> he was concerned, according to his friends, that he might lose ann. he talked to ann about this and she told him, you know, if you don't go, you'll always regret it. i'll be here. >> when he left, i had a very brave face, went to the airport with his entire family. we all said good-bye. i was driven home with his family, and then i walked into my home, opened the door, my mother was there. i fell flat on the ground and just dissolved in tears. she could not console me. >> for 2 1/2 years in the turbulent '60s, romney was living abroad, working every day to convert the skeptical french to his mormon faith. so this is this kind of neighborhood that you used to knock on doors in, all day? >> this -- yes, 45 years ago. this is fairly typical. >> mike bush took us back to the streets of bordeaux, where he and romney spent 60 hours a week spreading their faith in french. >> did you have a specific message? >> we would talk to them about our believes. we would tal

as a mormon missionary in france.was a tradition he considered breaking. >> he was concerned, according to his friends, that he might lose ann and so he talked to ann about this, and she told him you know, if you don't go, you'll always regret it and i'll be here. >> and when he left, i had a very brave face. went to the airport with his entire family. we all said good-bye. i was driven home with his family and then i walked into my home, opened the door, my mother was there. i fell flat on the ground in just dissolved in tears and she could not console me. >> for two and a half years in the turbulent '60s, romney was living abroad, working every day to convert the skeptical french to his mormon faith. so this is the kind of neighborhood that you used to knock on doors in. >> this. >> all day. >> yes, 45 years ago. yeah, it was -- i mean this is fairly typical. >> mike bush took us back to the streets of bordeaux where he and romney spent 60 hours a week spreading their faith in french. >> did eventual a specific mess

people fought at the time, the mormon church committee cannot be a good republican and a good mormon. now it's reversed. now the thinking is harry reid can be a good mormon. he's a democrat. he supports abortion. it's quite a flip. vincent talk about parties. and more interested in the underlying principles

ann's parents couldn't attend because they weren't mormon. ann herself was a relatively new convert. romney biographer scott helmand and michael kranish. >> when ann meets mitt, she's searching for a religious home in the way that a teenager does, what does this mean and what do i believe? this was a big hurd that will they would have to get over if they were really going to be serious. >> did mitt romney himself spend a lot of time talking about faith to ann or was it george? >> early on, when mitt was going out with ann, he did give her some lessons in what was the mormon faith all about. >> but ultimately, ann's conversion was overseen by george romney while mitt was in france. >> he would pick me up every sunday for church. the reason it was for easy for me to talk to him on a spiritual level like that is that he respected me as his complete equal. >> ann and mitt settled in provo, utah, in this $75 a month basement apartment. starting a family and getting serious about school. the mission experience in france had clearly refocused romney

there are many mormons in america.to quite be the stigma that it's been allowed to grow into. >> and the mormon faith requires that people go on missions. now, he has said in the past, his mission was one of the important phases of his life. and you know, it's really remarkable. they take these young men and women and send them to a foreign country, they're kind of on their own. their job is to recruit people for their faith. but it broadens them enormously. >> last week the todd aiken row blew up. to me it feels strange that mitt romney who clearly has moved around on say an issue like abortion, paul ryan has moved towards mitt romney's sort of compromise position that there should be exceptions. the gop platform still resolutely insists there cannot be any abortions, even in the cases of rape, incest or health to the mother. as a republican how do you feel about that? >> i'm sorry for that. as a woman i'm sorry for that. we don't agree on that issue. i mean, i clearly john and i take a different stand on that. but it

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