Does Christopher Hitchens Think Mormons are Sinistererer?
Passing off an old prejudice as atheist cool.
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Romney: Don’t Expect a Second Speech on Faith
But do expect serious scrutiny of his time at Bain.
Read MoreJoe Lieberman: Romney Surrogate?
Senator addresses Mormon question.
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Talking About Religion Will Not Help Romney
Better to just ride out the Gingrich surge.
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Gingrich IA Political Director Resigns after “Cult of Mormon” Comments Go Public
Debacle raises questions about readiness of Gingrich campaign.
Read MoreSC Southern Baptist Convention Head: Gingrich’s Adultery Okay, Romney’s Mormonism Not
The GOP has a mess on its hands.
Read MoreHow (Not) to Understand What Mormons Believe
Marginal Republican presidential candidate previews shaming tactics of 2012.
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Making Fun of Mormonism
Planets! Tablets! Underwear! When some of America’s most celebrated pundits and public intellectuals talk about Mormons, these are the images that are summoned. Ironically in this “Mormon Moment”—signaled by a hit Broadway musical, polygamous housewives on TLC, and of course two Mormon presidential candidates—Mormons, long considered quintessential “outsiders” to mainstream American culture, today find themselves at the center of the American zeitgeist. Yet it is the Mormons’ supposed theological weirdness that is the centripetal attraction.
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Mitt Romney and the Ghost of Anti-Mormonism
“I think today’s anxiety about Mormonism can’t be compared to that of the past. The anti-Mormonism that was nearly universal during Smoot’s era is now a tradition maintained by a very small slice of the American population. The Republican primaries gave that small slice a megaphone: the artificial loudness of their voice makes people overestimate their number.”
Read MoreHow (Not) to React to Anti-Mormon Sentiment in the South
Despite historic prejudices, Romney ahead in SC.
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