# "I am a Morman" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709 "2011-12-19T03:43:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/1 "2011-12-19T03:43:49Z")
Dunno if this has been brought up- the abundance of “I am a Morman” commercials lately. Are they prostheletizing or is it a conspiracy to make Mitt seem less unacceptable? ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/2 "2011-12-19T03:46:11Z")
If someone says “I am a Mor **man** ,” I think they’re pretty confused. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/3 "2011-12-19T03:48:14Z")
Even Aquaman makes fun of Morman. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/4 "2011-12-19T03:48:17Z")
I am Morwoman. Hear me roar. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/5 "2011-12-19T03:51:53Z")
There have been articles [about the timing of their new PR campaign](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/us/mormon-ad-campaign-seeks-to-improve-perceptions.html). [QUOTE=New York Times] To avoid the perception that it was trying to influence politics, the church is intentionally not airing the campaign in states that have early primaries, going so far as to cancel their advertising in Las Vegas when Nevada moved up its primary, said Mr. Allen. [/QUOTE] Mormons want good publicity to go along with all the extra scrutiny they’re getting, and if that happens to help Mitt Romney, I’m sure they’ll be very happy. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/6 "2011-12-19T04:10:49Z")
…and a Mormon just _believes_. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/7 "2011-12-19T04:24:41Z")
Moved Cafe Society --\> MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/8 "2011-12-19T04:55:47Z")
As an agnostic I think the “I’m a Morman” campaign is very compelling and well thought out. It intends to disperse the common misconception that they are a kooky, non-drinking, multiple wife-having fringe of society. I don’t personally find them any odder than any religion. That having been said, I admit to cruelly inviting them into my home and asking “Can I fix you a drink?” While dumping vodka in a glass at 3 in the afternoon. I disagree with a lot of their stuff, obviously, but I’ve actually listened to some of their ideas and they’re not like, Jack Chick or something. Plus, the Osmonds…Come on! You gotta love THAT! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/9 "2011-12-19T05:21:43Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > Mormons want good publicity to go along with all the extra scrutiny they’re getting, and if that happens to help Mitt Romney, I’m sure they’ll be very happy. Some will, some won’t. There are Mormons who aren’t Republicans; even some prominent Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![Cara\_mel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@Cara\_mel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cara_mel)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/10 "2011-12-19T06:36:44Z")
It may interest you to know that this ad campaign is going on here in Australia, and there’s no election here. There’s billboards with really cute looking Mormons all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/11 "2011-12-19T07:00:00Z")
This ad campaign actually began over a year and a half ago. The Mormon church has been slowly rolling it out across the country since. So while I suppose it’s possible that they decided to help out Mitt Romney starting in mid-2010, the more likely explanation is proselytizing. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/12 "2011-12-19T08:22:15Z")
> [@ENugent](#): > > I am Morwoman. Hear me roar. I am Morman, hear me rorman! ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/13 "2011-12-19T08:23:48Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Dunno if this has been brought up- the abundance of “I am a Morman” commercials lately. Are they prostheletizing or is it a conspiracy to make Mitt seem less unacceptable? Whose Mitt when he at home? Ever since that show Big Love and the Dad taking a piss in the kitchen sink I have always aspired to be a Mormon. But one wife is enough for me especially when the nagging starts… ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/14 "2011-12-19T08:25:49Z")
> [@SerenaPerido](#): > > It may interest you to know that this ad campaign is going on here in Australia, and there’s no election here. There’s billboards with really cute looking Mormons all over the place. Which part of Australia you from? I haven’t seen it, but then again I do walk around in a dream. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/15 "2011-12-19T08:31:03Z")
I think you misspelled [Mer-man](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Merman-motu.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/16 "2011-12-19T08:52:54Z")
Hey, wait a minute. I thought the Hamburger Helper commercials were the only subliminal Romney propaganda :dubious:. ---
**Author:** ![Cara\_mel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@Cara\_mel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cara_mel)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/17 "2011-12-19T09:03:46Z")
> [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](#): > > Which part of Australia you from? I haven’t seen it, but then again I do walk around in a dream. Brissy - There’s a billboard with a mormon who looks like Johnny Depp - that’s the one that caught my eye. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/18 "2011-12-19T09:28:37Z")
> [@SerenaPerido](#): > > Brissy - There’s a billboard with a mormon who looks like Johnny Depp - that’s the one that caught my eye. 😉 I’m west of Brissy, only billboards out here are for Four-Ex with out-dated prices on them. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/19 "2011-12-19T11:47:53Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I am Morman, hear me rorman! Win. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709/20 "2011-12-19T11:52:30Z")
IANAM I think it was more a response to the FDLS (polygamous off-shoot of Mormanism) receiving so much publicity. There was a definite wish to get mainstream Mormans into the public eye in order to provide awareness of the difference. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-morman/606709.md?page=2)