Georgia State Rep: ‘I’m Afraid’ Of Romney’s Mormon Faith, But ‘It’s Better Than A Muslim’

[kpete]

“I think Mitt Romney is a nice man, but I’m afraid of his Mormon faith,” Manning said. “It’s better than a Muslim. Of course, every time you look at the TV these days you find an ad on there telling us how normal they are. So why do they have to put ads on the TV just to convince us that they’re normal if they are normal? … If the Mormon faith adhered to a past philosophy of pluralism, multi-wives, that doesn’t follow the Christian faith of one man and one woman, and that concerns me.”


the rest:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/01/05/398857/georgia-state-repafraid-mormon/

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Sigh... hanging head in shame that yet another Talibaptist in GA rears its ugly head.

what a dolt

[jberryhill]

2. My word, do the statehouses of this country double as asylums?

[one_voice]

3. I'm afraid of people who say shit..

like that.

[TlalocW]

12. As am I, but this frame of thought will work for us

This guy is just one member of one of many flocks who have been told over the years by their ministers that Mormonism = Cult (sidenote: it does). We can probably expect a lot of those pastors to do a 180 and support Romney if he becomes the nominee (sidenote: he will), but their flocks are going to be harder to turn. Now this guy is probably going to vote because there are two extremes to what he's saying: "A Mormon is better than a Musim so I'm going to vote Mormon," is one, but the attitude at the other end is, "My only two choices are a Mormon or a Muslim? I'm stayin' home and watchin' my Nascar DVDs."

Combine that with Mitt's sparkling personality, and there's going to be a lot of inertia to overcome to get people like this out to vote.

TlalocW

[LuvNewcastle]

4. The LDS church hasn't exactly been a beacon of tolerance, either.

You reap what you sow.

[zbdent]

6. I know it's fiction, but ...

in a Sherlock Holmes mystery (in fact, I believe it was the first one), Doyle points out the "intolerence" of the LDS/Mormons ... how, if they don't approve of the lifestyle of someone they've "saved", that person will be "disappeared" if the person hasn't "reformed".

Like if they didn't take more than one wife (in the earlier, 19th century times) ...

[LuvNewcastle]

7. They didn't allow black members for many years.

Just a few years ago, they poured millions of dollars into the fight against marriage equality in California. I just can't seem to work up any tears for them.

[Ecumenist]

8. Oh. believe it or not, they've allowed black members since the beginning but just

were denied full involvement in the church, ie, the "Priesthood".

[dimbear]

11. A Study in Scarlet.

Doyle had to apologize for some bloopers later on.

Mark Twain also did an interesting book on Mormonism. It was a popular topic for exposes back in the day.

[fredamae]

5. Paranoid? Or just that ignorant?

"Of course, every time you look at the TV these days you find an ad on there telling us how normal they are. So why do they have to put ads on the TV just to convince us that they’re normal if they are normal? …"

[Odin2005]

10. Or Racist.

[Odin2005]

9. "Muslim " is code for "N***ger"

The fact that most Birthers are Southerners proves it.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

13. Makes me ashamed to be from this state originally.