Whether or not our own personal decision to vote, or withold our vote from Romney is because of his religion, the Republican party should NOT forget that there are many others who view Mormonism as a definite hurdle, and they won’t vote for him because of it.
Enough people in fact (by current polls), that he doesn’t have a chance of winning the popular vote for POTUS. The party will ignore the voice of its voter at its own peril.
He’s a tainted candidate whether some view it as bigotry or not. All the name calling in the world won’t change it. Maybe somewhere down the road, Mormon bigotry will be a thing of the past (maybe not), but at this point it is definitely a major stumbling block to many voters (approximately 19 to 37%).
Very well said. Mitt's religion is of no concern to me. That it is of concern to so many voters is. As I have said all along, I have serious doubts that he is electable.
That is probably also true of minorities and women. If we couldn’t count on any crossover votes, the republican party could never elect either a female or a minority as President.
The problem is that, now that we are running a mormon, if the Mormons figure out that republicans hate them, they will go vote Democrat.
Just like “conservative muslim” might be a thing of the past if the republican party refuses to accept them, and “conservative minority” might be just a pipe dream.
Well, cc, you have certainly done your part to eliminate bigotry against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.