company. the estate of william j. carter. the jane henson foundation. and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m bob abernathy. it s good to have you with us. the republican national convention this week formally chose mitt romney as the party s candidate for president. 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
that s why we re your retirement company. the estate of william j. carter. the jane henson foundation. and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m bob abernathy. it s good to have you with us. the republican national convention this week formally chose mitt romney as the party s candidate for president. 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 unusu
customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. the estate of william j. carter. the jane henson foundation. and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m bob abernathy. it s good to have you with us. the republican national convention this week formally chose mitt romney as the party s candidate for president. 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
development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. the tate of william j. carter. the james henson foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome, i m kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. campaign 2012 heated up this week after governor mitt romney selected wisconsin representative paul ryan as his running mate. ryan is a roman catholic, and with vice president joe biden on the democratic side, this is the first time that both parties have catholics on the ticket. ryan agrees with his church s opposition to abortion and gay marriage, but he has generated debate in some catholic circles for his economic views. as chief author of the republican budget plan, ryan supports funding cuts for many social programs. some catholics, including bishops, argued that would hurt the poor. ryan s response
community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. the estate of william j. carter, the jane hensen foundation, and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome, i m kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. there s been an outpouring of interfaith sympathy and support for the u.s. sikh community after last sunday s attack at a temple near milwaukee that took the lives of six worshippers. in what officials called an act of domestic terrorism, a gunman with neo-nazi ties opened fire as local sikhs, or sicks as some adherents call themselves, had gathered for a worship service. religious groups across the spectrum condemned the attack. many communities held prayer services and vigils to remember the victims and to pray for religious tolerance. groundswell, the social action initiative of auburn semi