Has anyone else been seeing a lot of "I am XYZ, and I am a Mormon" commercials?

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RgrF wrote:
This discussion strikes at the heart of innate prejudice, the ideas we were brought up with. Truth is if Democrats were to nominate an avowed lesbian for office, black voters would then sit on their hands.

I agree with you Roger that these prejudices are still alive and well, but at the same time I'm hopeful about what I see in the Gallup survey that Ted posted. A couple of decades ago, those numbers would have looked very different. Houston, a very ethnically diverse city, has an openly gay mayor. We have openly gay members of Congress. And our President, is, you know....not white.
Now that atheist number is something to behold, I find that bizarre really. But that too will change.
Change is painfully slow but it is happening...

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If Romney is the nominee, watch the repercussions throughout the bible belt.

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RgrF wrote:
If Romney is the nominee, watch the repercussions throughout the bible belt.

That's already playing out now. By the time we get to the general it's going to be all about defeating Obama and little else.
Even the Baptist preacher who supports Perry and thinks Mormons are a cult said he'd vote for Romney if he's the nominee.

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I think the hard core fundies see the Mormons as cult-like blasphemers that follow a leader that had a fever induced hallucination.

Not that the story of Christianity is any more believable...

All I KNOW is that the two Mormons that I have known well, knew damned will that I was an atheist, but were simply wonderful people. One was a genius - the smartest girl in the school, was accepted to yale, harvard and CalTech. Her dad suddenly died when she was a junior in HS and the family was cared for by the church. Wish I was still in contact with her - wonder how she's doing...