Last night, CNN featured an in-depth news report on Mitt Romney’s great-grandfather who moved to Mexico from America to escape Mormon persecution.
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“Many of the men came with multiple wives,” reports CNN correspondent Gary Tuchman from Mexico. “So while there was also concern about persecution, there was also concern of prosecution.”
“There was no such concern in Mexico,” adds Tuchman, reminding the audience that the Mormon church in America got rid of polygamy in 1890. “Mexico at that time remained a polygamy haven,” he added.
“He had four wives, he moved here, and he basically started this family tree that exists to this day,” Tuchman remarks to Kelly Romney, one of Mitt’s second-cousins, about their great-grandfather.
“Yes,” answered Romney shortly.
My question to you, “Is there any polygamy still here?” asks Tuchman.
“No, there is no polygamy in this area at all, no.” responds Kelly Romney
Romney supporters are easily angered by media attention dedicated to the history of polygamy in Romney’s family.
“I think that it ought to be off limits,” Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition noted last night to CNN’s Anderson Cooper, reminding Cooper of the history of polygamy in President Obama’s family as well.
“I personally as a person of faith, as well as a civic participant just think that we shouldn’t be talking about this,” Reed said.
If polygamy is important to CNN, why haven’t they sent correspondents to Indonesia to talk with Obama’s second-cousins about the history of polygamy in their family?
