[Jim Robinson]

Could very well be, but just like any other group of people there are some Mormons who are socialists, abortionists, gun grabbers, etc.

[fish hawk]

Amen, does Dingy Harry ring a bell.

[Jim Robinson]

Oh, c’mon now. You know that Mitt Romney no longer believes in abortion or gun control. That’s all behind him. He gave all that stuff up when he decided to run for the presidency. Well, he gave it all up except for his love of socialism and forcing big government health care programs on people who don’t want them.

[ansel12]

The problem is that they are isolating a tiny group of self selecting voters of a single church that is closely purified, let's call them "very dedicated" members of their own religion, almost pure white and then comparing it to a loose term of a huge number of people of all kinds and versions and diversities and even differing churches and calling them evangelical.

White evangelicals for instance are a huge, widely diverse group of people that belong to a variety of different churches but look at how they vote.

[greyfoxx39]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since mormons are less than 2% of the US population, and not all of them are voting age, I fail to see why the fact that that "More Mormons (60 percent) identify themselves as conservatives than any other religious group; they also lead every other group in GOP party identification (at 65 percent)--much higher than the general population in both categories" is something to get excited about. Of that 1.75, they are concentrated in a small area:

    The Mormon population in the U.S. is heavily concentrated in the West (76%). In fact, roughly one-third of all American Mormons (35%) live in Utah, the state founded by its early             leaders. An additional 13% live in California while 7% reside in Idaho, 5% in Nevada and 4% each in Oregon and Arizona. Only about one-in-ten Mormons (12%) live in the South             (including 4% who reside in Texas), 7% live in the Midwest and just 4% reside in the Northeast.

 

 There weren't enough of them voting in lock step to give Romney the nomination in 2008, and I "betcha" the numbers of conservatives that will support Sarah Palin in 2012 will make Mitt's numbers pale in comparison.

 

Just take a look at the Evangelical  numbers.

 

[restornu]

I had your number for a long time now just like WND!

[panaxanax]

>>”Could very well be, but just like any other group of people there are some Mormons who are socialists, abortionists, gun grabbers, etc.”<<

Indeed there is. But you will find that the percentage of those that vote for gun control etc. is MUCH lower than in other groups and religions.

I’m surprised that you have fueled the flames of anti-Mormonism, Jim. Even though your statement rings true for EVERY religion, group, club, etc. Polarizing people is a tactic of 0bama and his ilk, not someone of your stature and well-earned respect. Please explain.

[ComeUpHigher]

I posted this article thinking it would reinforce the common ground that the overwhelming majority of LDS members share with Free Republic and the conservative principles it espouses. Sadly, the posting history of this thread shows I was wrong. Unfortunately, there are too many posters who would rather build walls to balkanize us instead of bridges to unite us in advancing conservatism.