Do you care which religion your Presdient is or maybe? Huff Post Reports: The Obama campaign said they would take no part in any criticism of Romney’s religious beliefs. “Attacking a candidate’s religion is out of bounds, and our campaign will not engage in it,” Ben Labolt, the spokesman for Obama’s reelection campaign, told HuffPost. But many conservatives saw references by unnamed Obama officials to Romney as “weird” over the summer as a way of playing the religion card from the bottom of the deck, and believed it was an indicator of what was to come. Top Romney backers are certain that the Republican’s religion will be a major target if he is the nominee.
And there is a good reason to believe this will be the case. Conservative Christians have issues with Mormons on theological grounds, but are coming to the realization that they share public policy goals for the most part. On the other hand, the fight over gay marriage in California — where Mormons played a big role in overturning the state Supreme Court’s decision to legalize it — demonstrated to liberals that the Latter Day Saints are not their allies in the political arena.
Polls have shown this shift is taking place. The Pew Research Center for People and the Press reported in May that “more Democrats than Republicans say they would be less likely to support a Mormon candidate.”
“Liberal Democrats stand out, with 41 percent saying they would be less likely to support a Mormon candidate. Only about a quarter or fewer in other groups say this,” the Pew report stated. A Gallup poll in June found 27 percent of Democrats said they “would not support a Mormon for president,” while 20 percent of Republicans and Independents said the same.
