How is your church so successful in getting

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Mike Allen: How is your church so successful in getting its young people to follow its teachings?

Governor Mitt Romney: “I’m probably going to have to suggest that you turn to the Church. I’m not enough of an expert.”

Mike Allen: “Well, you’re a parent.”

Governor Mitt Romney: “I am a parent. I’m not enough of an expert on what the church has done. I can tell you what, as a parent, has been helpful, in my view. As a parent, we have taught our kids from the very beginning that it’s OK to be different – that there is honor and greatness associated with people who are willing to be different. Abraham Lincoln was different from his friends. George Washington had integrity and honesty that was different and distinct. Some of the great leaders of this nation have been willing to be different. And when our kids have told us that their friends are doing certain things that we deem to be unhealthy or immoral such as having kids out of wedlock, we were able to say, ‘You have different beliefs and different values. You have to decide what’s important to you and have the courage and integrity to be different.’ Now, have our kids experienced temptation and occasionally succumbed? Absolutely. I can’t tell you that our five boys were perfect. They’ve undergone challenges and I’m sure even to this day have challenges in their lives and struggle with them, as all of us do. No one is free of those things. But they try, and they make efforts to be better people. If I were to tell you one thing about my faith, it is that it encourages me to be a better person than I otherwise would be, and I think it’s done the same thing for my kids.”

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