claim: "if a president romney got a call from the president of the (mormon church), he has no choice but to obey. it is obedience over family and country."
author: fred karger
evidence_1: fred s. karger (born january 31, 1950) is an american political consultant, gay  rights activist and watchdog, former actor, and politician. his unsuccessful  candidacy for the republican nomination for the 2012 us presidential election  made him the first openly gay presidential candidate in a major political party in  american ...
evidence_2: “my major concern with the mormon faith is the basic tenet of obedience. if a  president romney got a call from the president of the lds [latter day saints], he  has no choice but to obey. it is obedience over family and country,” he says. that  comment echoes criticisms levelled at president kennedy, when his catholicism  ...
evidence_3: (hymn no. 196). here then is the grand key—follow the prophet—and here are  fourteen fundamentals in following the prophet, the president of the church of ...  when a leading man in the church got up and talked upon the subject, and said: ' you have got the word of god before you here in the bible, book of mormon, and  ...
evidence_4: several members of this website think he'd be a good choice for president but  mormonthink will avoid advocating any political candidate. ... former stake  president romney is obviously aware that the entire lds church is based on the  first vision which has god speaking to the founder of mormonism joseph smith.
evidence_5: no longer is the 12th article of faith given the same status as when president  monson advised east german members to obey it unflinchingly, since the church  now has to reconcile its traditional support of the rule of law with its current  practice of baptizing illegal aliens who are violating united states immigration  laws and ...