I’ve actually used Free Republic for a long time for quick resources on Mormonism and on Catholic discussions. I just type what I want + Free Republic and I usually get the quote or reference that I needed. That’s because debates have usually taken place on the forum, with lots of good apologetics going back and forth. It is a lie that these Mormon questions have only come up recently. Here’s an example from 2002:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/660660/posts
It’s certainly possible they have come up more frequently, but I have no way to gauge that. Whatever the case, it isn’t healthy to pimp for Mormonism just for your political candidate. Though, coincidentally, I do think Mitt Gimmick is a perfect specimen of his religion! If it was Beck, I’d still debate Mormonism, but probably would be softer. At least Beck is conservative and has a certain degree of integrity, so far as any human being can have it.
I am not “pimping” for Mormonism. It makes no sense to me and is not Christian. As a matter of fact I grew up not to far from where Joseph Smith lived and found his “golden plates” or whatever they were and came to the conclusion at an early age he was probably mentally ill and suffered from delusions.
I also studied Islam in college. I had classmates and people my husband trained with die on 9/11. Any discussion about Mormonism two months out of a Presidential election, even on a religious forum, is bound to bring up Romney as it has if you read not only mine but others posts.
So while I disagree with the Mormons, they never tried to kill me or my friends. The Muslim or at the very least Muslim sympathizer in the White House’s religion stresses the killing of infidels, torture of women, and destruction of Israel. I’ll discuss religious issues with anyone, but a few months out of this election religion and politics are intrinsically mixed.