“It’s interesting to me that being a Mormon is evidently considered to be a “negative” thing in politics....which it is not.”
Indeed! During my 37 working years, I worked with a few mormons, and they were the best workers, always well mannered, and non-prejudicial to others. Actually I will go so far as to say they were better class of people than any other religious group I came across.
How was that sells pitch in anyway related to the fact that Mormonism is seen as a negative in politics?
You must have never worked with or come across any Lutherans.
What, you mean you haven’t seen all those attacks on Christian religion by the Mormons??? Calling it false, etc?
Me either.
And then there is this:
WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: Mormon Theocracy Meme Debunked.
Bigotry is bad; how hard is that to remember?
Apparently, very hard for a lot of American liberals who have allowed their dislike and suspicion of Republican politics to lower their defenses against cheap and ugly religious bigotry. Nasty, ill-founded slanders against alleged Mormon plans for theocracy are spewing forth from news organizations and writers who, when the better angels of their nature are more fully in control, recognize the vicious and evil nature of religious bigotry in other contexts.
Well Walter, that’s not just coming from liberals, I hate to have to tell you.
Disclosure: I don’t and won’t support Romney. My reasons for non-support are not related to his Mormonism, that’s all. There are plenty of political reasons to not support Mitt Romney.