Stop the presses! Bombshell! OMG!
Buzzfeed reports on an astonishing new study:
Americans’ aversion to voting for Mormons has spiked since Mitt Romney’s first presidential bid in 2007 — and that the people most wary of Mormon candidates are not Evangelicals, but rather political liberals and non-religious voters, according to new research from a leading scholar of anti-Mormon attitudes.
The overall increase in anti-Mormon attitudes among liberals may be an unanticipated consequence of the “the continuing candidacy of Mitt Romney and Mormon activism against same-sex marriage,” the study suggests.
See, it’s not that liberals are intolerant, it’s that “Mitt Romney and Mormon activism against same-sex marriage” are forcing liberals to go against their tolerant natures. It’s not their fault, the Mormons are asking for it.
liberals are tolerant, open-minded, love rainbows and unicorns and hate Mormonism http://t.co/qR6K1D8B
— Philip Hopkins (@hopbros) June 13, 2012
Ben Smith of BuzzFeed is shocked — shocked! — that anti-Mormon attitudes are on the rise among liberals.
Bit of a bombshell new study suggests that LIBERAL anti-Mormonism is sharply on the rise http://t.co/ifdBOGor
— Ben Smith (@benyt) June 13, 2012
But the study confirmed what conservatives have observed for months.
https://twitter.com/4everLiberty/status/212933552512315392
I am amused you think this “bombshell”MT @BuzzFeedBen: Bit of a bombshell LIBERAL anti-Mormonism is sharply on the rise http://t.co/ZEqYvKva
— KeepCalmAndDrawl (@FormerlyFormer) June 13, 2012
Unsurprising RT @BuzzFeedBen: Bit of a bombshell new study suggests that LIBERAL anti-Mormonism is sharply on the rise http://t.co/pHvNxobh
— John Tabin (@johntabin) June 13, 2012
https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/212925692034301952
Smith can spare us his feigned surprise that tolerant, enlightened liberals have an aversion to Mormonism. It’s screamingly obvious that when it comes to embracing religious diversity, “coexist” is a liberal bumper sticker, not a way of life.
Liberal anti-Mormon sentiment is all but inescapable. Here are some reminders pulled from the Twitchy archives:
- ‘Say something nice about Romney’ hashtag brings out anti-Mormon slurs and hate
- WaPo: Hey, isn’t it time we linked Romney to an 1857 Mormon militia massacre?
- Bill Maher adding vile bigotry to his misogyny says Romney is in a ‘cult’
- Media malpractice: Press pushes to hurt Romney with Mormon bigotry, Left follows lead
- Anti-Obama super PAC plans Jeremiah Wright smackdown; Left responds with anti-Mormon attacks
- Matthew Modine bashes Mormons, defends Dan Savage and Jeremiah Wright
- Largest Obama Super Pac donor calls Mormonism a ‘cult’
And in late 2011, a national poll found:
While 76% of Republicans polled would be comfortable with a Mormon president, only 46% of Democrats said they would be. Huh. So much for that ‘intolerant’ GOP spin.
So, about that study reported at BuzzFeed? Not so much of a bombshell after all, is it?
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