Really, you think? Study shows spike in anti-Mormonism among liberals

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:

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• ‘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?