Apparently Democrats are bigots about Mormanism

[sailingaway]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theti...s-fret-about-mormonism-but-still-favor-romney

Asked if they would be comfortable with a Mormon president, 60 percent of voters said they would be "comfortable" compared to 36 percent who said they'd be "uncomfortable."
By comparison, 83 percent of voters said they'd be comfortable with a Catholic in the White House, 80 percent with a Jewish president and 67 percent with a president who was an evangelical Christian. Just 38 percent of those polled said they'd be okay with a Muslim president, while 37 percent said they'd be comfortable with an atheist in the White House.
Who would have the most problems with a Mormon in the White House? Democrats. According to Quinnipiac, just 49 percent of Dems say they'd be okay with a Mormon president, compared to 68 percent of Republicans and 64 percent of self-described independent voters.

 

[oyarde]

What would Dems have against Mormons ? I think of the things they support that seem much worse than a religion .....

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Probably related to the Newsweek Hit Piece...

 

[dannno]

IMO, most of the dems substituted the following in the question:

Would you be comfortable with a Mormon as President

substituted with

Would you be comfortable with Mitt Romney as President

 

[hillbilly123069]

Well its easy enough to catch them in a lie. Their mouth is open.

 

[oyarde]

IMO, most of the dems substituted the following in the question:

Would you be comfortable with a Mormon as President

substituted with

Would you be comfortable with Mitt Romney as President

Probably

 

[nate895]

To be fair, almost all Mormons are Republicans, so I can understand why they would be opposed to having them in office in general.

What I find depressing are the Evangelical Christian numbers. I guarantee the same 33% that would be comfortable with an Evangelical Christian in office would cry that the Evangelicals were unconstitutionally trying to impose a religious test for office if they expressed reservations about a candidate's religious beliefs.

 

[talkingpointes]

I could go on a long rant about my personal thoughts of Mormonism but, I don't want to be called a collectivist. It's not hard to see why people would be discriminate against them. They didn't allow blacks in their membership till the 1970's. That alone should give you an idea of how things have been ran in Salt Lake City for awhile now. Mormons view on heaven I think is also a blockade for acceptance in the majority, seriously shed all the polygamy. The only Mormons I can even find mildly palatable is Jeff Flake. Oh yeah, who is that blathering idiot on Fox that constantly screams the sky is falling over chickens crossing the road. (Glenn Beck) I can imagine people associate him with the group as a whole.

I have had more than a few bad experiences with Mormons and it's my personal belief there is a stink of elitism in their circle. People don't like it when religions bar people from temples for tithing or membership requirements. I know there is a Mormons for Ron Paul groups, but is there any major Mormon figures that wave the flag of libertarianism like the Pauls?

 

[akforme]

I'm an atheist but I do believe the religious bigotry is stronger among other atheist than anyone. It seems a lot of them downright hate people who belong to a religion.

 

[dannno]

I could go on a long rant about my personal thoughts of Mormonism but, I don't want to be called a collectivist. It's not hard to see why people would be discriminate against them. They didn't allow blacks in their membership till the 1970's. That alone should give you an idea of how things have been ran in Salt Lake City for awhile now. Mormons view on heaven I think is also a blockade for acceptance in the majority, seriously shed all the polygamy. The only Mormons I can even find mildly palatable is Jeff Flake. Oh yeah, who is that blathering idiot on Fox that constantly screams the sky is falling over chickens crossing the road. (Glenn Beck) I can imagine people associate him with the group as a whole.

I have had more than a few bad experiences with Mormons and it's my personal belief there is a stink of elitism in their circle. People don't like it when religions bar people from temples for tithing or membership requirements. I know there is a Mormons for Ron Paul groups, but is there any major Mormon figures that wave the flag of libertarianism like the Pauls?

There are some very positive aspects to Mormonism as well. There are a few threads out there about this, but many leaders of the church from its inception have proclaimed the Constitution to be divinely inspired.

My parents are Mormon and one of the people in their church teaches Constitution classes and is a Ron Paul supporter.

 

[dannno]

I'm an atheist but I do believe the religious bigotry is stronger among other atheist than anyone. It seems a lot of them downright hate people who belong to a religion.

I thought it was interesting that more people would be comfortable with a Muslim (and much more comfortable with a Mormon for that matter) as President than an atheist. Seems like atheists are getting a pretty raw deal too.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

I have had more than a few bad experiences with Mormons and it's my personal belief there is a stink of elitism in their circle.

While you have some good points, those are human traits, not exclusively about Mormons. I have seen Mormon favoritism for their own. I have also witnessed the same from Chinese, Vietnamese, Indians, gays, women, and men. No group is without this tendency.

 

[Vessol]

I thought it was interesting that more people would be comfortable with a Muslim (and much more comfortable with a Mormon for that matter) as President than an atheist. Seems like atheists are getting a pretty raw deal too.

I don't have the link here, but a similar poll was conducted over who you would allow your children to marry.

Atheists were again, at the bottom of the list. Even Muslims were more approved of, by a wide margin, over atheists.

Edit:

 

[talkingpointes]

There are some very positive aspects to Mormonism as well. There are a few threads out there about this, but many leaders of the church from its inception have proclaimed the Constitution to be divinely inspired.

My parents are Mormon and one of the people in their church teaches Constitution classes and is a Ron Paul supporter.

I don't deny there isn't any good leadership or positive qualities about Mormonism but in my experience - the church is doling out welfare. meanwhile the congregation claims "it's the most efficient system of welfare thus devised". That can put people at odds with them in the political realm. I have heard anti-big government sentiment but only in reference to the "humble" beginnings of the church and the perceived witch hunt against them. Lastly living in California how did you feel about prop 8? And all over having a super polygamist family in the after life. That is a reprehensible approach for the physical world and I think they should mettle within their own affairs. For the record I grew up Methodist. So I might lack the experience to properly understand their culture. Methodist- Pre-marital sex =ok,(even if your gay) first time I had alcohol was with my church, in general I found the atmosphere to be extremely welcoming and positive. There is no forced tithing or extreme expectations for behavior, in addition to the idea of just doing good will on earth and not look to control others.

 

[erowe1]

Aren't all non-Mormons bigoted about Mormonism? If they weren't, they'd convert to it, right?

 

[specsaregood]

Its obviously because they afraid that shamormonria law is going to be imposed upon the american people

 

[Vessol]

Aren't all non-Mormons bigoted about Mormonism? If they weren't, they'd convert to it, right?

What do you define as bigotry?

 

[sailingaway]

Aren't all non-Mormons bigoted about Mormonism? If they weren't, they'd convert to it, right?

No, there is a difference between not sharing a belief and actively distrusting or disliking it. Otherwise all the other religions would have similar problems, but they don't all.

 

[Sola_Fide]

Its obviously because they afraid that shamormonria law is going to be imposed upon the american people

I giggled

But in all seriousness, for all of my disagreements with the Mormon system, they still employ a measure of basic understanding that the church does not equal the state.

In Islam, there is no understanding that the church is seperate from the state. Islam is an all-encompassing way of life which merges state and mosque. It is different than western religions in this sense, and ExPatPaki has agreed with me on this point.

 

[erowe1]

What do you define as bigotry?

I inferred from the OP that, for the purposes of this thread, the definition of bigotry is being uncomfortable with someone of some belief system being president.