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Friday, February 24, 2012
The Colbert Report on Mormon Baptism for the Dead
Posted By Bill Frost on February 24, 2012, 4:32 PM
Thursday night's Colbert Report weighed in on Mormon baptism for the dead, and guess what? It's not that bad. It's just like a ... hot-tub time machine. ---
Prompting Colbert's typically informative intro/rant (intrant?), author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel had some thoughts on the LDS practice of posthumously baptizing dead Jews, and then called on Mitt Romney to end it--like that guy can get anything done these days. Enjoy:
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
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