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[Kepler]

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[Czarjorge]

If a political candidate had a history of mental illness it would be referenced constantly. If a political candidate was a member of a cult or the Church of Scientology it would be reference constantly. Mormonism is firmly in that category, regardless of the benign nature most of its practitioners seem to have.

Most religions have a fantasy aspect that is hard to believe and must be taken on faith. There is a limit though, and that limit seems to be getting your bible from magic stones that only one guy can read when they're in his hat, or believing that bad emotions come from the souls of aliens who were killed in Earth's volcanoes.

[Tiger Beer]

I disagree.

To me, it seems Romney is just as electable as anyone else. I mean I heard just the same about Clinton and Obama, so it's not that strange that a Mormon would get the same thing.

Romney's bigger problem is he's very shifty, seems to lie all the time, and loves negative attack ads that seriously spin the truth against his fellow opponents.

A lot of voters seem to be overlooking the mormon thing.

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[CentralCali]

[Tiger Beer]

[Gopher]

The author asks whether Mormons are not foreigners in the United States. No, they are not. But neither are they more than a mere minority.

And the article fails to mention that Mormons tend to discriminate against non-Mormons at least as much as non-Mormons discriminate against Mormons. Only very recently, for example, did Mormons recognize that blacks are human beings, too. They take other strange positions. And they tend to behave exclusively as well. How do they expect non-Mormons to view them?

In any case, I grow tired of "the discrimination card" in the national political discourse. In modern American politics we have seen a Catholic and a Quaker president; a Jewish, two African-American, and two female SecStates; currently, a Mormon is the Senate Majority Leader and a woman controls the House; and, at this time, it looks like either a woman or an African-American will win the Democratic Party's nomination for president 2008. And let us not forget to mention the Supreme Court's composition. In my own experience, I served under a no-nonsense, badass African-American commander in the Marine Corps -- where Marines have been told since the end of the Second World War, when Truman integrated the armed forces, "there are no black or white Marines; all Marines are green."

We have been disapproving of and actively moving against all forms of racial, religious, sexual, etc. discrimination in the United States for decades now. It may not be going as fast as radicals would like. But things are certainly moving. So I want Romney and his supporters to give us a break with the discrimination card, please. It will not help his candidacy.

[CentralCali]

[Gopher]

Uh-huh. Fighting words are cheap on an anonymous internet forum, coward.

In any case, clearly you know nothing about the Mormon Church, its beliefs regarding blacks, and how it has only very recently allowed blacks to serve as priests, etc.

[CentralCali]

[thepeel]

Blacks were burned by god for sins and not able to climb the ladder of the church. That is explicit racism. This was reversed in 1978

Will Smith converted to Scientology. I guess Utah is full?

[Milwaukiedave]

I would vote against Romney not only because he is Mormon, but also because of his attitudes and beliefs. That being said, I'd rather see him win the nomination because he is a weak candidate.

[igotthisguitar]

No.