Agreed. They would ridicule a Catholic, a Baptist or a Jew as well. Believe in God and you are pretty much fair game IF you are a Republican. I think if a Democrat ran and was a satanist... they would discuss how “open”, “modern and unique” their religion choice was and how it would help the country.
Well, this guy in this case is likely to get posted up by the left, as a poster child of what the right is, we all remember how the Anarchist who shot Giffords was portrayed as, right?
I think a lot of anti-Mormon bigotry is just based on ignorance. The things that originally made the LDS church persecuted and hated, such as polygamy, were officiallly repudiated by the Mormons a century ago. From the point of view of orthodox Christianity Mormonism may indeed be a cult. But so what? It’s now a harmless cult and Mormons have been a productive and successful part of our political and economic culture.