So at a Harvard student forum questions were asked? This is supposed to mean that bigotry is going to keep Romney from being elected?
As an evangelical myself, I can say that I don't know any evangelicals, nor have I even HEARD of any evangelicals, who will refuse to vote for Romney on the basis of his Mormon religion. Perhaps they are out there, but they are a minority.
Now, on the basis of his flip-flopping on the important moral issues, YES, you'll find enough evangelicals who won't vote for him to doom his candidacy. THAT is a done deal. It's over. He's already washed up, he just doesn't know it yet.
NOT because he's a MORMON, but because he's clearly an opportunist politician with no real moral compass, and no apparent backbone.
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So at a Harvard student forum questions were asked? This is supposed to mean that bigotry is going to keep...
Mark
Apr 10, 2007 14:40
The Mormon Church (properly known as "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" - "LDS") presents a huge problem... [MORE]
Charles Snedecor
Apr 7, 2007 00:59
"There is a looseness to it and almost a disrespect of it that if it were applied to Catholicism or... [MORE]
Jonathan Kimball
Apr 6, 2007 11:46
Having an axe to grind is not a phenomenon unique to former Mormons. I imagine every group that could be... [MORE]
Aric
Apr 8, 2007 18:28
It may be that the method of attack on Romney's faith is business as usual for politics. But most of... [MORE]
Lizzie Nelson
Mar 15, 2007 12:49
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Mark Hannig
Mar 15, 2007 11:31
I am a faithful and practicing Mormon, and feel that both the doctrine and history of my church is one... [MORE]
Thad Barkdull
Mar 27, 2007 21:33
As a political scientist, public administrator, and former elected municipal official, it seems to me that all those who want... [MORE]
E. Odell Miner, Ph.D.
Mar 14, 2007 18:33
The previous comments are all intelligent and helpful as is the article, but they all miss the point--the people publicizing... [MORE]
Joshua Steimle
Mar 14, 2007 00:04
It's interesting that much of the intolerance toward Mormonism that I've thus far read about are intolerance to their past... [MORE]
Sam
Mar 13, 2007 19:54
Actually Joseph Smith Jr. also ran for President (just to get that record straight).
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jason preston
Mar 13, 2007 14:57
Could Mitt Romney be more "Christian" than Evangelicals? Of course all Protestants and Catholics subscribe to the Nicene creed, which... [MORE]
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Mar 13, 2007 07:45
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