Mitt Romney does not speak for this Mormon

I just heard the Mitt Romney concession speech.  And as a Mormon, I am incredibly offended.

I just heard the Mitt Romney concession speech.  And as a Mormon, I am incredibly offended. Romney's speech was opposed to everything I've been taught to believe as a Christian and member of the LDS church.

We are taught from youth to "do what Jesus would do".  That when you
are in the service of your fellow man, you are only in the service of
your God (as taught by the Book of Mormon).  The words of Jesus that
even as much as ye have done it unto the least of these my bretheren,
ye have done it unto me.

Instead, Romney's campaign ending
speech was full of hate.  That those who are poor should suffer – it's
they're own damn fault for being such lazy sots.  Ignoring again the
words of King Benjamen:

Romney's
last speech in his campaign was against the evils of Liberalism, and
how it would expand Medicare, Medicaid, and the ways we try to help the
needy, those who either can not provide for themselves (single mothers,
those with ailments), or can not do so because of a lost job or other
reasons.  He talked about how countries that do well do so because of
their culture, while ignoring that in places like Canada, Britain,
France, and the like have health care and systems to provide aid to all
who need it – and enjoy a higher standard of living than in the United
States, were we allow *millions* to go without health care.

He
spoke about the need to continue the War on Terror, and peddled fear. 
Ignoring that perhaps we have caused our own oil dependency, and blamed
it on Chavez and Putin and others – and his solution?  Well, use coal! 
After all, going from one dependency to the next doesn't fix the
problem.  Changing the structure of our cities so more people can use
public transportation (oh, noes, teh evil – public works!) actually
does.  I saw it in Utah, the most conservative state, embrace public
transportation – and the entire state benefited.

Romney spoke
about protecting marriage and stopping the evils of pornography. 
Ignoring the 11th Article of Faith, given by the Prophet Joseph Smith
to explain our beliefs to the world:

Instead, Romney would
force his religious beliefs upon others in the name of "protecting
marriage", once again scapegoating someone else (teh gays, oh noes!)
instead of having people look and decide for themselves what they will
believe and worship – or not.

It's ironic – in part of his talk
me mentioned how we have never taken land as part of our wars.  Well,
other than Texas, and the mid-west I guess, if you don't know your
history.  But then to blatantly ignore Iraq, and how we *have* claimed
land, and property, and oil, and businesses, and forced the new Iraqi
government so sign contracts that gave away their resources to US
companies.  Yeah, we didn't take land for ourselves during the 20th
Century – instead, we waited until the 21st and used the War on Terror
to justify taking what we wanted from a country that had never attacked
us.

So I'm sorry – but if his speech is the center of
Conservative ideals, then I'm proud to be a Liberal.  I'm proud not to
demonizing people for their beliefs.  I'm proud to let people believe
how they will.  I'm proud to be willing to give up some of my income –
even with three children to support – to help those in need.

And
if Mitt Romney is going to speak out against those ideals, then yes, I
believe he speaks against the faith he and I profess to believe in. 
And I am ashamed to have him count him as a fellow member.