Mitt Romney Mormon Attacks Shrugged Off By Iowa Voters

West Des Moines, IA Patch:

Four years ago, as evangelical Christians flexed their political muscle during Iowa Caucus season, Republican voter Kathy Arzani winced at scripted religious nuances intended to pull support away from fellow Mormon Mitt Romney. He was the front-runner in Iowa in the race for the GOP presidential nomination.

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Comments

[AFriendOfJesus]

04:22 PM on 11/02/2011

There is nothing scary about mormons. Simply because they don't pass the "Nicene Creed" test is no evidence of their lack of Christiani­ty. It is absurd that a council of religious "experts" got together and agreed what a "Christian was" 1,700 years ago and we hold that up as a test of qualificat­ion for public office for a man, whom by all accounts, is a decent man, dedicated to his family, and generous with his time and money.

The only cure for your fear is to take an objective look at what mormons stand for. Of ANY religion, it is the easiest to establish their doctrine and their truths. EVERYTHING they teach from, every address to lead their congretati­on, is published in full on their website, http://www­.lds.org. You can get the written word, the audio, or, in most cases even the video. Free of charge. There is no need to base your beliefs about mormons on the beliefs of others (or your pastor or some ex-mormon or whomever). What is it that worries you? Go there and search...l­earn for yourself.

[alistairpolitic]

11:49 AM on 10/14/2011

The more I read about the evangelical movement and their obvious political power the lean more toward removing their tax exempt status.

[bjp4321]

09:59 AM on 10/14/2011

As the news media peels back the covers over the Iowa caucus the bigotry of the people showing up becomes clearer and makes the whole Iowa show just that, another reality TV that indigative of nothing. The primaries should be more like a general election. All states voting on the same day. This would level the playing field and help to dilute the special interests.

[Fattonecat]

12:08 AM on 10/14/2011

"Four years ago, as evangelical Christians flexed their political muscle during Iowa Caucus season," .................... TAX THEM NOW !!!

[bigmadd]

11:40 AM on 10/14/2011

Agreed. If the so called Republicon Christians would been voting for what was best for America all along we wouldn't have the mess Obama inherited from Bush to deal with in the first place. One issue voters suck.

[maceov]

10:27 PM on 10/13/2011

What Mormons REALLY believe
PLEASE WATCH! VERY INFORMATIVE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HSlbuli7HM

[clarisechi]

08:30 AM on 10/14/2011

or, you could go to http://mormon.org and get it straight from the proverbial "horses mouth" instead of trusting their detractors. Be informed, don't be afraid.

[slickbottom]

11:20 AM on 10/14/2011

The Mormons may be strange but the Evangelicals are really brainwashed superstitious hillbillies. Religion is for weak minded people afraid of dying.

[Dosadi]

10:19 PM on 10/13/2011

What else could he expect. He associates with the party of bigots and racists and this is all they know. This is their bread and butter. This is what attracts the crazies to the GOP. They live off of division and deceit. And they are just getting started. Wait until they let Mr. Cain know how they really feel about him.

[clarisechi]

08:38 AM on 10/14/2011

That would all be great if it weren't for the fact that polls indicate that being a mormon is a bigger problem for him in the general election than it is in the primary election. Why is that? Because even though evangelicals hate mormons, the GOP as a whole is more accepting of his religious beliefs that democrats. See "bigots" for more information.

[frankath]

09:36 AM on 10/14/2011

What IS your deal? You come here saying "I voted for Obama last time, but not this time" making it sound like Obama failed you in some way. But here you are calling Democrats "bigots". Did we just turn into "bigots" or have we "changed" in some way, since 2008? Liberals are not known for pushing religious agenda, pro OR con. I know abour certain parts of Iowa and they ARE without a single doubt, some of the MOST religiously intolerant people I've run into in a long time. It's almost BACK TO THE 50's! These people are suspicious of Catholics, not to mention LDS, Jews and Muslims. The moderate conservatives who find themselves thrown in with these others are sometimes horrified and angered, being as some of the intolerance is aimed at THEM, but it doesn't somehow seem to stop them from supporting the same people as the prejudiced ones. I find that level of hypocrisy and self-denial stunning.

[Dosadi]

05:34 PM on 10/14/2011

I looked up bigots and guess who's picture was displayed?

[prodemlib]

08:04 PM on 10/13/2011

A persons religious beliefs (including no beliefs at all) SHOULD NOT be a factor in determining their eligibility to hold public office.

[camelias and sweet tea]

07:05 PM on 10/13/2011

All Iowa cares about are social issues, they do not much care about what is really going on.They do not represent the rest of our country, they just like to be first all the time.

[Janicot]

06:43 PM on 10/13/2011

I'm actually glad the conservangelicals are boiling over in this election cycle, it's such a complete turn-off to independents. I'm sick of walking on eggshells to placate the religious right, they need to be held up to public scrutiny and subjected to the same kind of judgement they so readily and zealously pass on others.

[DianneinCA]

06:13 PM on 10/13/2011

“It’s just not the kind of thing people say publicly about someone else’s religious faith,” Yepsen said. “It’s just beyond the pale.”

Unless he is a sitting Democratic President. Hypocrites.

[Janicot]

06:40 PM on 10/13/2011

Examples?

[Dosadi]

10:14 PM on 10/13/2011

Tea Party!

[NYC619]

11:23 PM on 10/13/2011

What do you think the whole "Muslin half-breed" and birth certificate thing was about anyway? Stop lying to yourself, Baggie.

[jeremylh1]

06:02 PM on 10/13/2011

What's the big deal, Mormonism is a cult. All religions are cults. All of them.

[WoollyMittens]

05:28 PM on 10/13/2011

If either of their flavours of god was going to save the economy, then he would already have done so.