“Attacking people based on their Mormon faith is really disgusting and it is an insult to this great forum.”
Attacking people based on any choice of faith used to be wrong.
We have seen that get thrown away because politicians want to use it on each other.
Funny, they claim ‘separation of church and state’ is in the constitution (which it isn’t) and yet want to mix the two during a debate.
It used to be that one discussed politics, what they did or didn’t like about the candidates, but one never divulged or tried to pin others down on their ‘vote’.
That was between you, your spouse, and the election box.
We have seen that get thrown away, as the enemy of freedom decided it needed to monitor and control the vote, in order to achieve it’s goals.
Polls really only have one true purpose.
Spot on. Attacking anyone because of their faith is a truly awful thing and it remains wrong.
But as long as it is okay to attack some, I think it has to be okay to attack all. Just because Mormon seems to be the buzzword of the day doesn't mean that other faiths haven't taken their knocks recently, too.
I would personally be fine with doing away with all religious-based attacks, but I don't see that happening anywhere in the American political arena any time soon.
Not as long as politicians use their supposed personal piety as a campaign issue. Not as long as commentators use religion to boost their ratings. And not as long as the American people allow them to get away with it and in some cases demand that their politicians jump through the "religion" hoop rather than the "honesty" hoop or the "personal integrity" hoop .
It's a sad thing to have to type that.