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Are Americans Biased Against Mormon Presidential Candidates?

Ron3260 Wrote: Jun 23, 2012 12:41 PM

@Little...I don't buy that. There are people who have clinically insane beliefs. It's not un-American to refuse to accept a candidate with insane beliefs. Would you want someone who worshiped Satan running this country? Would it be un-American to be biased against Satanists? Not saying that Mormons are Satanists but come on! An angel named Moroni? Golden tablets etched in "reformed Egyptian"? Sliver spectacles with "seer stones" for lenses? A self-proclaimed prophet whose prophecies are better than 80% false with the other 20% being questionable? Magic underwear?

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Are Americans Biased Against Mormon Presidential Candidates?

The answer seems to be yes, unfortunately, but the results are somewhat encouraging.

Eighteen percent of Americans say they would not vote for a well-qualified presidential candidate who happens to be a Mormon, virtually the same as the 17% who held this attitude in 1967...

The exact percentage of Americans who resist the idea of voting for a Mormon has varied slightly over the eight times Gallup has asked the question, typically when a Mormon was running for president, including George Romney (1968 campaign), Orrin Hatch (2000 campaign), and Mitt Romney...

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