Is Romney's Religion A Non-Issue?

Shalamar said:
I think Romney is well aware that talking about his religion could have repercussions. That said, he is the Republican nominee, and the base will quietly ignore the issue of religion, and just focus on the fact that Romney is religious.

Just being Religious is enough, when it's 'their guy'.
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^^^^this
 
I think his Mormonism has settled into being a non-issue for the moment, because the topic was played out earlier in the nomination. Everyone watched/read enough "What About Romney's Religion" and "What Mormonism Is Really About" articles to get it out of their system and get bored with it, so the media isn't mentioning it anymore. I predict it will start getting more press again as November draws nearer, not as a specific significant issue, but as part of the inevitable onslaught of pre-election media insanity, when every reason why we should vote for/against both candidates is flung at us constantly.
 
Personally, I'm glad the religious question isn't being discussed so much. It's kind of nice to have an election going on which seems to be (mostly) about secular issues; I hope it becomes a trend.
 
DavidJames said:
Romney's religion means nothing to me, only his policies.

While I'm sure there are many evangelicals who cringe at the thought, they will vote for him. I've said for many years, the religious right are Republicans first, Christians second.
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Well said. I would say that, going even deeper, most on the religious right are out and out authoritarian in their worldview, and the Republican party has cleverly exploited this over the last generation.
 
I get the feeling it is a non-issue, but I am not exactly a barometer for the general populace.

I think it should only come up if he uses religion as his reason for social conservative ideas. As this is Romney we are talking about, I am not sure he will go in that direction.
 
Religion will be sitting on the sidelines in this election. This is because Romney is a Mormon, which some people consider a cult, and Obama is of course a Muslim atheist. :rolleyes:

If Romney or his campaign tries to bring up any doubts about Obama's religion, that will bring Romney's religion into question, and conservatives being the insular people they are, they might be put off by it if they ever found out.

Yeah, I know, that was a generalization. So?
 
BenBurch said:
Unitarians are known for coffee and sweet rolls after services.

Yeah, you got Wiccan food down there. Not always, but pretty much.

I'm not sure I'd trust meat from a Satanist. "Pardon me, I have to get off this call because if I don't baste the baby, she'll burn."
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Extremely offensive. Babies are young and tender. They do not require basting.
 
http://votingforjesus.com/

They claim that 321,384 people have committed to vote for Jesus as a write-in candidate (as of this post).

I don't know if I believe them. Hopefully when they count the votes in November they will announce how many people actually voted for Jesus so we can find out if this is a real phenomenon or fake.
 
Puppycow said:
http://votingforjesus.com/

They claim that 321,384 people have committed to vote for Jesus as a write-in candidate (as of this post).

I don't know if I believe them. Hopefully when they count the votes in November they will announce how many people actually voted for Jesus so we can find out if this is a real phenomenon or fake.
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Good luck finding his long-form birth certificate.
 
My only concern about Romney's religion is the money he donates to the church (which at least in part funds anti-gay lobbying such as the campaign for Prop 8). I'm not concerned that he would allow his religious beliefs to establish policy. He had no record of doing that as governor. I see no reason to suspect he'd do that now.

If anything, my concern argues in favor of putting him in the WhiteHouse because he'd doubtless have less time to make the buckets of money he's been making which allows him to donate millions to the church.

For the record: I oppose Romney's candidacy, but not based on his religion.
 
Dorian Gray said:
Religion will be sitting on the sidelines in this election.
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I think you're right as far as discussions, debates and even 3rd party electioneering goes, but I think it might cause some voters to put themselves on the sidelines as well. I think there are some of the Religious Right who might not vote for Romney. It might be very few though because most of them will still consider it voting against Obama (the Muslim Atheist) rather than for a Mormon. . . .
 
First and foremost, Romney is all about Romney. He found a way around his Mormonism to be elected governor of one of the most liberal states in the country. Which reminds me. When Kerry ran for President, we heard he was rated the most liberal senator on planet earth... until Obama ran. Was Kerry the least conservative governor?

I thought Republicans would have more difficulty closing ranks behind this guy. If he loses, I'm sure we'll hear more about how he wasn't conservative enough.
 
TragicMonkey said:
Hells no! If I ran for office I'd start going to church again. People eat that crap up. Is be demonstrating that I'm humble and believe there are beings greater than myself, and other nonsense. The public will swallow anything, and I'm good ay encouraging people to swallow things.

Speaking of which, I can't find much wrong with Mormonism, a religion that occasionally sends young men to my door. Jehovah's Witnesses only send me old ladies, good luck getting one of them elected.
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Hang on, are you telling us that there is a gay agenda after all?

:D
 
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