[ckilmer]

In Joseph Smith’s day unitarians were elected president. There were five unitarians elected president in the 19th century.

Today Unitarians could not be elected president. They have become total pond scum.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Oh, I think a Unitarian actually could be elected
POTUS today - well not today. Perhaps in 2012.
Could you float the names of any conservative Unitarians
who are so inclined?

Did your Unitarian comment have a connection to the
discussion we were having? If so, forgive me. I don’t
remember it on this thread, but I tend to get them
all confused.

best,
ampu

[Clemenza]

Robert Welch, founder of the John Birch Society, was a Unitarian who had been raised a Southern Baptist.

We did not have much of a religious litmus test back in the 18th and 19th century. The only thing folks cared about was that the candidate in question was NOT a Catholic, Jew, or (later) Mormon.

The Quaker Nixon and the Mormon Romney were serious candidates for the GOP nomination in 1968. Unfortunately, a loud minority of a certain group of people who used to be the backbone of Bryant's support in the Democratic Party are now in the GOP, and never allow a Unitarian, Religious Skeptic, Quaker, or Mormon to have the nomination.