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Originally Posted by jay santos
When a Time magazine poll says 35% of Americans would not consider voting for a Mormon for president, I would consider that an example of religious bigotry.
If I would not even consider a black candidate, I'm racist. female candidate, misogynist. LDS candidate, bigot. 35% is a pretty large number.
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I didn't say there was no such thing as religious bigotry. Just that it's an overused term, especially, from my perspective, among Mormons.
By the way, I'm sure large percentages would say they'd never vote for a Jew or a Catholic, if they were honest. We've had in our history no Jewish and only one Catholic president. Besides Kennedy I believe they've all been protestants. (Pretty amazing, really, how rife this country is with religious bigotry.) So Mormons can stand in line.