Assuming you agreed with his or her political positions, would you vote for a Mormon for President?

[el_bryanto]

There's a poll going around right now that shows that 1 in 5 wouldn't, so curious how DU would shake out.

Bryant

[MineralMan]

1. Sure. Why not. I already vote for Christians and Jews for office,

and I'm an atheist. It is the positions on issues that matter to me, not a candidates religious beliefs.

[ZombieHorde]

3. I agree completely. nt

[Springer9]

19. Absolutly not! the next thing you know the Pope would be running

the United States.

'scuse me, I just flashed back to JFK and the Catholic Church. I must go lay down for a minute, tough gettin' old.

[MineralMan]

20. LOL! I'm old, too, I guess. Then there's Harry Reid.

He's a Mormon. I know a lot of people don't like him here, but I think he's OK in general. More moderate than I'd like, but usually on the correct side of things.

[City Lights]

39. Same here. nt

[anarch]

2. No. We've had enough morons in office already.

oh, wait....

[geardaddy]

4. question: how many liberal Mormons have run for Pres?

[el_bryanto]

8. Well how many Mormons have run for President Total?

Bryant

[ergot]

18. That, I do believe, is an oxymormon

heh

[Blue_In_AK]

5. Of course I would and this is a bullshit poll. n/t

[el_bryanto]

15. why is it a bullshit poll? n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

25. It seems to me that Democrats shouldn't make religion

a criterion for voting or not voting for a particular candidate. I thought we were the ones who kept religion out of politics. It shouldn't matter if a candidate is Mormon, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, atheist, whatever. It shouldn't even be in the equation.

[el_bryanto]

29. Yes but in pretty much everything there's a gap between Should and Is

how wide is that gap?

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. (Assuming I were American,) he'd have to make his opposition to some church policies clear

such as their attitudes to homosexuality and abortion.

[TlalocW]

7. I probably wouldn't

Mormons piss me off with their anti-gay campaign in California and their damn temple and their magic underwear and their waking me up on Saturdays, riding their little bikes in white shirts and ties, and their not drinking caffeine, mumble grumble grumble grumble...

TlalocW

[Xithras]

9. Sure. I'd vote for a liberal, pro-choice, pro-equality, environmentalist Mormon candidate.

I care about their moral and political positions, and not their religion. Voting for a liberal Mormon is no different than voting for a liberal Catholic...a persons politics are not defined by a label on the spine of their holy book, but by the spine in their back.

[justiceischeap]

10. Nope, as a lesbian, I can't see how a Mormon's political positions

would ever align with mine.

[Xithras]

16. To be fair...

I personally know several pro choice Mormons who have no problem with gay marriage.

The Catholic Church believes in the inferiority of women, staunchly opposes gay marriage and abortion, and is highly conservative in all regards. In spite of that, I have faith that our Roman Catholic Vice-President would fight against all of those positions.

Saying "All Mormons are anti-gay" is just as bigoted as saying "All Catholics are anti-gay". Religions have heads, but they're made up of individuals with varying positions on the issues.

[justiceischeap]

17. I just can't see any President being elected currently that proclaims to be Pro

marriage equality. He or she would be ridden out of town faster than Howard Dean shouting "Eee-haw!"

[Freddie Stubbs]

21. What about a Catholic?

The Catholic Church isn't exactly pro-gay rights.

[FarLeftFist]

11. Harry Reid=Mormon

[MineralMan]

12. Yup. He's not my Senator, but I'd vote for him if he were in MN.

Very good that you pointed that out.

[Octafish]

13. Do they separate church and state on the job?

Do they put into policy things I agree with?

A candidate's religion or lack thereof shouldn't have anything to do with my vote, whether Mormon, atheist or fundamentalist Zoroastrian.

[Morning Dew]

14. Any Mormon who held political views that I could support....

would be excommunicated for apostasy.

[Tikki]

22. + 100

Tikki

[provis99]

23. pretty hard to imagine a liberal Mormon.

about as hard as trying to imagine voting for a liberal Klansman.

[tjwash]

26. Harry Reid is a Mormon...I'd vote for him.

nt

[provis99]

36. I don't agree with a huge chunk of his political positions.

I believe the question was if the Mormon agreed with all your positions.
Frankly, if a more liberal Democrat ran for Harry Reid's seat, I'd favor the liberal.

[socialist_n_TN]

24. Religion, or lack of same, as long as it doesn't

influence public policy positions would have no bearing on my support or nonsupport of any candidate.

[SoCalDem]

27. I would.. republicans won't

at least the republicans who will be populating the primary voting booths..

Reactionary republicanism is firmly rooted in "born again-evangelical-apocalyptic- protestant religion", and they have no room for "cults" like Mormanism or even Catholicism in some circles.

they pretty much defined themselves during the Moral Majority years, and they have not changed yet.. in fact they have become bolder and meaner, and more narrow-minded than ever.


I am wondering why 27% of dems said they would not..but then it IS a Gallup poll:evilgrin:

[damntexdem]

28. Yes. I can stand by Article 6 of the Constitution, which includes:

"... no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."

[Taverner]

30. Depends on the Mormon

To me Vanilla Christianity is just as goofy as Mormonism, Scientology, or any other belief system where the believer's reality is more real than the collective reality

But that doesn't make them a bad person - hell, William Jennings Bryan was an extremely moral person, truly acted out of love for mankind, and thought of all men as equal when it was not politically advantageous to do so. Yet, there's that whole Scopes trial thing.

So who knows? I would decide on a case by case basis.

[Springer9]

31. Assuming you agreed with his or her political positions, would you vote for

Rep. Keith Ellison for President?

Wingers wouldn't 'cause he's a....you know...MUSLIM!

[slackmaster]

32. Yes, but I wouldn't take him or her on a fishing trip without a second Mormon guest

If you take one Mormon fishing, he or she will drink all of your beer. If you take two Mormons, they'll keep an eye on each other.

[closeupready]

33. No.

I hesitate to say "absolutely not" since I like to give everyone a second chance, but in light of their hatemongering over CA's Prop. 8, I just couldn't do it.

[sufrommich]

34. Why not. Every election we vote for people who feel compelled

to bow to religion in order to be taken seriously. Why would professing to be a mormon be any different.

[PotatoChip]

35. I don't give a flying fig about someone's religious beliefs (or lack thereof)

or whether they are college educated, male or female, a person of color, LGBT, ect. As long as he/she lines up as closely as possible with my overall political POV vrs. the other candidate(s)

No one candidate will vote exactly as I wish of course. That would obviously be nearly statistically impossible. But as long as someone is overall what I want to see in a candidate, and demonstrates an ability to get things done, they've got my vote.

I have a few key issues that I would never compromise on, but the above mentioned are not among them.

Edit: typo

[fishwax]

37. I think the scenario is extremely unlikely, but yeah

[JoePhilly]

38. Depends ... a Harry Reid type, maybe ...

But I see very few of those ... I see far more who are just as right wing politically as any Fundy, and I won't vote for them because their positions are usually nuts.

[IDemo]

40. "Jack-Mormon", yes. Otherwise, no

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jack%20mormon

[glen123098]

41. I don't agree with the Mormon church.

But I would vote for anyone who I thought was going to help instead of hurt people. If their was a Mormon candidate who was for seperation of church and state, who supported gay rights, women's rights, civil rights, and supported sound economic policies, then I would vote for him or her. But has there ever been any Mormon politicians who have supported these things who have not been excommunicated?

[LeftishBrit]

42. I didn't vote in the poll as I'm not American., and there are few Mormons in the UK..

but I would vote for a liberal-left candidate, whatever their religion. It's my impression that most Mormon politicians are conservative; but if the particular individual wasn't, then I'd vote for them.