[NRA Patriot 1976]

There is no way a member of the LDS church is ever going to be elected President of the United States. It's far too easy for the media to attack, and most people have a negative reaction to the religion.

The same could be said about Christianity at the time of Christ and for the first few years afterwars.

There are a lot of misperceptions and half-truths out there still about the LDS church IMHO. Like some lady was trying to convince me, a member, that polygamy is still practice today because she saw it on TV so it must be true. Sheesh

[DameAutour]

I was just stating my opinion that there will never be a majority of voters for an LDS candidate. See post 28 for example. There's just a strong, negative reaction. I didn't say it was rational, makes no difference to me. I'm a member of a minority faith myself.

The media would have a field day with any LDS who took his faith seriously. Many members of mainstream churches have a real dislike for what they view as a cult.

[moog]

There are a lot of misperceptions and half-truths out there still about the LDS church IMHO. Like some lady was trying to convince me, a member, that polygamy is still practice today because she saw it on TV so it must be true. Sheesh

Actually, polygamy is practiced, not by mainstream Mormons, but still in different places by Mormon offshoots. I believe that some are moving down to Texas.