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Posted on 07/26/2007 5:03:33 PM PDT by tantiboh
Democratic political consultant Mark Mellman has a very good piece up today at The Hill on the baffling and illegitimate opposition among voters to Mitt Romney due to his religion. I liked his closing paragraphs:
In July of 1958, 24 percent of respondents told Gallup they would not vote for a Catholic for president, almost identical to Gallup’s reading on Mormons today. Two years later, John F. Kennedy became the first Catholic to assume the oath of office. Within eight months, the number refusing to vote for a Catholic was cut almost in half.
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Mellman also discusses an interesting poll he helped construct, in which the pollsters asked half of their respondents whether they would support a candidate with certain characteristics, and asked the other half about another candidate with the exact same characteristics, with one difference. The first candidate was Baptist, the second candidate was Mormon. The Baptist had a huge advantage over the Mormon candidate, by about 20 points.
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However, more recent polls have attempted to fix the anonymity problem. A recent Time Magazine poll (read the original report here), for example, got to the heart of the question by asking respondents if they are less likely to vote for Mitt Romney specifically because he is a Mormon. The result is not as bad as some reporting on the poll has suggested. For example, while 30% of Republicans say they are less likely to vote for Romney because of his religion, fully 15% of other Republicans say that characteristic makes them more likely to vote for him. And while many have reported the finding that 23% of Republicans are “worried” by Romney’s Mormonism, the more important (but less-reported) number is that 73% say they hold no such reservations...
(Excerpt) Read more at romneyexperience.com ...
‘Bout sums it up for all of us, doesn’t it?
--MormonDude(Slightly loonie)
You'll need some ice for that!
Burr, I AM thinking of the country. There are those of us who were inside the Mormon Church and no longer are. Some post mormons are athiests, some Christians, some are found almost everywhere. But everywhere they are found, they will tell you how dangerous is the cult of Mormonism.
You don’t have to believe us, that is your perogative, but to tell us to “take our heads out” is extremely narrow minded. It is often post-Mormons who will tell you exactly what Mormonism is.
Mormons therefore must portray us as bitter, liars, sinners, weak-willed, or making money from anti-Mormonism. If you look into my life, or greyfoxx29, Don Carlos, Utah Binger; P-Marlowe, degaston and more, you will find that we are just as good, just as conservative, just as productive as those Mormons who wish to paint us as villians for daring to speak out about our experiences. Closing your mind to what we might have to say just because we knew Mormonism and left it, is narrow minded.
Me neither...
(What details?)
It did NOT say....
“Speaking of Mormon Temples, here is a video of Mormon Temple Rituals [filmed in an actual Temple] to bring everyone up to speed...”
I've brought up ONE question, a lot of times; and STILL get no answer.
(Other than the thread tends to die rapidly.)
I don’t think they will stay home here in Maine, but this is Maine, even the conservatives here a leftists.
I a southern baptist texan in maine. I’m might be the most conservative person up here.
I’m also a conservative ‘30 year UAW member’, clearly a minority.
Ok, as I've already responded to what you said, without checking the link for myself.
It’s not his Mormonism that bothers me the most; it’s his “situaton ethics”. He seems to change with the situation. He’s “for” or “against” whatever seems to be politically expedient at the time.
The latest example: He criticized BaraCACA Obama on the “Age Appropriate Sex Education” issue. Come to find out, as Governor of Massachusettes, he supported it.
The man just, flat-out, makes me NERVOUS. I know you can’t really trust any politician but Mitt goes beyond the pale. Sorry.
Maybe...
...they want to BE Christian; not just CALLED Christian.
...you are a trip CC! LOL
Hey!
I've been hit in the head; too!
Perhaps THAT explains......
If this thread were in the RELIGION area, this kind of attributing motive would NOT be allowed!
Wanna move there??
Of course.
Just wait: more 'truth' is coming soon.
Dang!!
You might as well have 3 eyes and a tail!!
You’d be no less of a strange critter! ;^)
Keep whistling; as the night is getting darker and the mist is flowing out of the cemetary...
I feel exactly the same about you resty!
I forgot! What is the question?
He sounds like one of your Prophets. How do you tell the difference?
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