Wall St. Jrnal: Mormons dismayed by Harsh Spotlight

It appears that fat people and Mormons are still considered fair game by the press and a lot of Americans.

My take: All the Mormons I have worked with, played with and been around have been exemplary people. They don't deserve this kind of bigotry from anyone. Good Luck Mitt- you are missed already!

Of course when you ask a Democrat pollster , as they did here, they never miss an opportunity to bash the religious right. (Ever notice, no one ever writes about or quotes the "Agnostic Left or Atheist Left"- Ann Coulter pointed that out about 8 years ago)

WAll ST Jrnal Page 1 TABERNACLE ON TRIAL Mormons Dismayed by Harsh Spotlight By SUZANNE SATALINE February 8, 2008; Page A1

Mitt Romney's campaign for the presidency brought more attention to the Mormon Church than it has had in years. What the church discovered was not heartening.
Critics of its doctrines and culture launched frequent public attacks. Polling data showed that far more Americans say they'd never vote for a Mormon than those who admitted they wouldn't choose a woman or an African-American.
A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll in late January revealed that 50% of Americans said they would have reservations or be "very uncomfortable" about a Mormon as president. That same poll found that 81% would be "enthusiastic" or "comfortable" with an African-American and 76% with a woman.

BLOGGING MORMONISM

Read excerpts from blog posts addressing the recent public interest in Mormons and their doctrines.

The Mormon religion "was the silent factor in a lot of the decision making by evangelicals and others," says Democratic pollster Peter Hart, who conducted the poll. The Romney campaign ran into "a religious bias head wind," Mr. Hart and his Republican polling partner, Bill McInurff, wrote late last month.
"I don't think that any of us had any idea how much anti-Mormon stuff was out there," said Armand Mauss, a Mormon sociologist who has written extensively about church culture, in an interview last week. "The Romney campaign has given the church a wake-up call. There is the equivalent of anti-Semitism still out there."