I've got Mormon relatives whom I dearly love.
They were all fine people and I was proud to count them as my friends. I was truly shocked when I moved to other states and detected the amount of anti-Mormon prejudice floating around.
A few of my another-generation Mormon relatives suffered some severe oppression in the South. (They at least emerged unscathed; can't say as much for the Arkansas folks who ventured into southern Utah Territory -- what they call 'Dixie' -- in 1857).
I oppose Islam for MANY reasons. Unlike many FREEPERS, those reasons are not all physical -- perceived physical threat. There are many spiritual concerns about Islam as well...and people who forget that or don't realize it are the ultimate reductionists.
For example, Islam slanders the Lord's church by referencing all Christians as "infidels." Similarly, the LDS church slanders all Christians as "apostates." [Somehow, that "anti-Christian" spirit by Mormon leaders escapes posters like you.
Better that you should worry about what’s really threatening this country, rather than law abiding Mormons.
It's way too ironic:
* Too many FREEPERS want to reduce some threats only to the economic (& leave out social concerns like what's physically happening to the pre-born)
* When it does come to the physical, many of those same FREEPERS who really couldn't give a rip (or at least a vote) about the risks of living in the womb are concerned about Islam. [Which is it? The physical matters if you're a Trade Towers employee, but not if you're a resident in the womb?]
Bottom line: Jesus said "But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.' (Luke 12:5)
I'll take Jesus' cue about where our concerns are to be -- those who land in hell when we could have prevented some of them from being there -- over your "see no spiritual evil" approach.
I guess because I have never experienced it. On the other hand, I HAVE experienced antiCatholic prejudice and have been called "apostate" by Protestants on this board. My daughter graduated from a Baptist University in TX where the only thing most of the other kids knew about Catholics was that you weren't allowed to date them.
Oh, and I'll add to my litany of plusses about Romney -- at least he isn't in favor of killing innocent babies, unlike the present occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.