[CharlesWayneCT]

Not in the religion forums, on religious issues. And I’m not a candidate for public office.

I think candidates can, and should, profess their faith, and I think they can also say why the don’t agree with other faiths. I think you can do this without calling people who believe differently than you stupid, or evil, as a stereotyped characterization.

I have supported a conservative who professed the Muslim faith for a local office, and I know there were freepers who thought that was crazy. I knew other conservatives who ended up supporting the democrat for that office, rather than the conservative republican, because the conservative was a muslim. However, that was a candidate for office, not a voter. I think it was a wrong choice, but I understand why people wouldn’t vote for a muslim, and I wish those on the other side would at least acknowledge that a person CAN be a conservative and have a different opinion on the subject of electing non-Christians to office, when they are the conservative.

But I would never “push” any religion on you. I certainly have never suggested anybody should become Mormon; heck, I’m pretty sure I’ve never actually told people they should become Presbyterian.

Anyway, this has gone far astray of my point, which was to question the claim that Harry Reid recieved a majority of the Mormon vote.

[ansel12]

I never see you devoting great amounts of time and effort to defending Islam and Christianity, only Mormonism.

[Colofornian]

heck, I’m pretty sure I’ve never actually told people they should become Presbyterian.

Why God forbid that should happen, Chuck! Why, if too many of you Presbyterians did that, the Presbyterian church might actually grow...and, golly-gee-whiz-gob-smack!...It might not eventually die!

(And then we'd have to write a new psalm just to proclaim that as a modern-day miracle by God!)

But I could just imagine that new psalm being written to praise God about that hypothetical Presbyterian miracle...and then...some Presbyterian council would get together...and put that new psalm quietly down...

Why? "Well," they'd reason..."What would happen if people found out God was doing actual dynamic things in the Presbyterian church? Why, that might be tantamount to telling people to come to the Presbyterian church! And we just couldn't let that become some 'new' tradition or custom amongst Presbyterians...could we?"

[Elsie]

Anyway, this has gone far astray of my point, which was to question the claim that Harry Reid recieved a majority of the Mormon vote.

Let's go from this specific case, to the general:

Do you think that a generic MORMON candidate, regardless of party or politics, would recieve a majority of the Mormon vote compared to a non-MORMON?