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If you would be so kind as to post a link to any comment I’ve made in any thread at any time that defended the religion of Mormonism, I would appreciate it, so I could go and correct the error.

I have defended people of the mormon faith from unfair or rediculous attacks on their conservatism, I have argued against writing off an entire religious group from participation, I’ve criticized those who politically attacked conservatives for being Mormon.

These are political arguments, not religious. As a religion, I don’t think LDS is the worst religion around, or even in the bottom 50% of religions from a human perspective, realising that this is not a “belief” rating but rather a rating of how I feel I could deal with people of various faiths.

I certainly wouldn’t want anybody to join the LDS church. So I can’t think of any reason why I would ever do so.

I wouldn’t want anybody joining a Jewish synagogue either, but I would defend conservative jews against attacks based on their religion.

For all I know, I might be the ONLY non-mormon defender of our fellow conservatives of that religious persuasion — I don’t care. I am a champion of lost causes. Heck, I’ve even been known to defend conservative muslims in the political arena (although I haven’t had much occasion to do so recently, and I mostly just ignore those types of threads now).

I’m not one to unnecessarily ostracize people who might ally with me on the conservative issues that matter. I don’t see us having enough friends that we can write off people of the religion that saved us from gay marriage in California, or who do as much as anybody to defend the unborn, and to sell families as a way of life.

I don’t have to believe in their faith to appreciate their political commonalities.