Anti-Mormon bias facing Mitt Romney is as strong as what his father faced in 1967, poll shows

Boston Globe ^ | June 21, 2012 | Callum Borchers

[factmart]

Smart people will vote for Mormon over the Muslim.

[mimaw]

I disdain Marxist socialism. So take your moral superiority and shove it.

[G Larry]

Welcome to my “Bigots against Mormon’s” list.

[Colofornian]

This story could have been rephrased to show 90% of Republicans would vote for a Mormon and 82% of Independents polled would do likewise. It's all about how the results are spun. Bottom line is that this is a non-story.

You're playing with numbers, here. (And you've offered up a very poor spin!!!)

If you already rule out almost 1 in 5 voters, then even if you capture HALF of the Independents willing to vote for a Mormon, you've only garnered 41% of their vote! Sorry...but 41% -- vs. say, 57% of the Independent vote -- is a landslide!

Even if Romney then captured 55% of the Independent voters willing to vote Mormon, he still would only capture 45% of the Independent vote!...He could still lose the Independent vote, 52 or 53-45%!!!

Take then also into consideration that more conservatives know Romney is Lds than Independents. The article says 43% of voters don't know Romney is Lds. I would guess that probably rises to 50% of all Independents.

So even as more of those voters become aware that Romney is Mormon, that, too, will erode overall voter numbers.

[ontap]

I can't get the vision of those nineteen Mormons flying those jets into the WTC out of my head!!!

[mnehring]

I'm surprised they haven't started posting these.

[factmart]

You Nuts!

[cuban leaf]

—Welcome to my “Bigots against Mormon’s” list.—

You’ve probably have my old name on the list for some time.

;-)

[Colofornian]

...hopefully enough voters will vote to maintain a future for their children.

Those who train their children and grandchildren how to operate based upon pragmatic utilitarian political relativism will one day result in their children and grandchildren voting for an (R) candidate to the left of Obama because he's to the right of the (D) candidate.

To show you how this works, perhaps Obama could lose this election, switch to the (R) party...gain the nominee status...and then run vs. a more liberal (D) guy...

Then we'd have posters like you advocating that we vote for Obama as the "lesser of two evils" and the "lesser impacts on our back accounts" and all the other relativistic drivel we hear...

[cuban leaf]

—Welcome to my “Bigots against Mormon’s” list.—

You’ve probably have my old name on the list for some time.

;-)

I’ve studied mormonism since I almost became one after touring the Bellevue Wa. temple just after it was completed (and before it was closed off to non-mormons).

[G Larry]

It helps identify the anti-Mormon Bigots at FR...

[mnehring]

I call it the Landover Baptist list. Some of them practically cut and paste from that site.

[Colofornian]

Welcome to my “Bigots against Mormon’s” list.

OK...well, G Larry, you've just inspired my "anti-anti-Mormonism" Bigots' list...Posters who won't tolerate the religious expressions of those who oppose MormonISM.

To officially qualify, however...please show me your "Religious License" to practice intolerance and bigotry of certain religious expression...(Why is your frowning upon religious expressions above reproach? Who gives it special sanction? Who gave you your religious licenses to practice such intolerance in the name of 'tolerance'?)

[mimaw]

I train my children to make intelligent well thought out choices and to weigh them carefully. The old adage of don't cut off your nose to spite your face comes to mind. Other elections voters could afford to play around with their vote this election is truly different. This is a choice between a candidate who hates this country and its capitalist system which has brought a good way of life for those willing to work and a candidate who loves his country and happens to have an inkling of how our system works.

[Springfield Reformer]

Funny you should mention “aliens.” Ever heard of the planet Kolob? Just sayin ...

[ontap]

I’m old enough to remember when it was Catholics who were portrayed in this despicable manor. Mormons are free to believe anything they wish just like the rest of us. Most of this foolishness stems from the fact that their candidate LOST!!!! Personally I was for Newt, he lost. I am not crazy about Romney he was the last choice I would have made but HE WON. We don’t get to vote until our guy wins!!

[G Larry]

Religious License = 1st Amendment

[Ransomed]

Didn’t even that wackadoo pastor Jeffress say he would reluctantly vote for Romney if he unfortunately wins the nomination?

How come he wasn’t accused of relativistic drivel at the time? I mean back then the sides were reversed, with all the LDS critics on FR supporting him for saying Christians shouldn’t vote for LDS! I thought it was reasonable for a Baptist pastor to be critical of an LDS canidate at the time, especially when there were other choices. But if there weren’t other choices, even pastor Jeffress said he would hold his nose which I also thought was reasonable.

Freegards

[G Larry]

“...old enough to remember when it was Catholics who were portrayed in this despicable manor...

Me too.

Newt is the only one I sent $$ to, but voted Santorum in our caucus.
So, I’m in the same boat as you.