Orson Scott Card, Mormonism, and Mitt Romney

A few days ago Mitt Romney came up with the jaw dropping statement that he remembered that someone had told him the France had seven year marriage contracts.

Well, no actually, though Mitt's favorite writer, Orson Scott Card (of Ender's Game fame) has mentioned such seven year marriage contracts in his fiction. As one of Andrew Sullivan readers remembers:

I studied playwriting under Card while a student at BYU in the early 80's. He explained how his novels were meant to be symbolic of Mormon theology, and that the seven year marriage contracts were inspired by the non-traditional marriage system that was central to Mormonism in the 19th century (aka, polygamy AND easy no-fault divorces.)

Is it too late to say 'oooops!'

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