Women in the Mormon Church

An article in "The Daily Beast" today would like Jim Lehrer to ask Mr. Romney whether he stands by the Mormon Church's views of women.  We already know the Republican base (by which I mean mostly Tea Partiers and hard-right fundamentalist and evangelical Christians) isn't concerned about women's rights, about doing away with those we've gained.  Congressional Republicans voted against equal pay for equal work; they want to criminalize abortion even in cases of rape and incest. That's in their platform.  Romney has said he would de-fund  Planned Parenthood, the sole resource for thousands of women seeking cancer screenings, information on birth control and many other services, including pregnancy terminations (which are a very small percentage of their overall services).

 

We know VP nominee Paul Ryan voted for the "Personhood Act" which fortunately didn't pass.  It would have outlawed even birth control and stem cell research! 

 

So, we women have clear and abundant evidence that Republicans have nothing but trouble to offer us.  We understand this even without knowing Mr. Romney's position on women in the Mormon faith. Still, it would be interesting to hear his response to the question.

 

This election may well be in our hands, sisters.  Let's make sure we vote— sure we vote in our own best interest as women.  In our best interests as full and free citizens of these United States.  In the interest of retaining that status!

 

Here's the Daily Beast article:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/02/jim-lehrer-ask-mitt-romney-if-he-stands-by-mormonism-s-views-of-women.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=cheatsheet_morning&cid=newsletter%3Bemail%3Bcheatsheet_morning&utm_term=Cheat+Sheet