# Poll: Does Romney's Mormonism bother you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 8, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-romneys-mormonism-bother-you/584768 "2011-06-08T19:15:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-romneys-mormonism-bother-you/584768/101 "2011-06-11T14:35:03Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > [Yes you would](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10319816&postcount=20) Got me there…I posted in a fit of pique, and did so unwisely. I’m just tired of religion having as much influence as it does, and I particularly don’t like it when candidates demagogue it. But I apologize for being an idiot, and a conflicted one at that. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-romneys-mormonism-bother-you/584768/102 "2011-06-13T13:55:35Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > Romney’s socialist bent bothers me way more than his Mormonism ever would. Where did you get the idea that Romney has a “socialist bent”? What exactly does the term “socialist” mean to you? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-romneys-mormonism-bother-you/584768/103 "2011-06-14T19:36:18Z")
Really surprised at the number of “I would never vote for a devout Mormon” votes. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-romneys-mormonism-bother-you/584768/104 "2011-06-14T19:43:28Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Really surprised at the number of “I would never vote for a devout Mormon” votes. I wouldn’t vote for a devout anything, but “Mormon” was the only choice I was given. I don’t mind what religion a candidate is, as long as it is not important to his/her opinions, worldview, perception of their role in society, perception of the role of the President, or way of making decisions. It seems to me this excludes the devout. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-romneys-mormonism-bother-you/584768/105 "2011-06-14T20:32:02Z")
[This video posted](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHEqCXY2B-w) in small part because it’s tangentially relevant but mostly because I have lust in my heart for the singer. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-romneys-mormonism-bother-you/584768/106 "2011-06-15T19:51:29Z")
I voted “I wouldn’t vote for a devout Mormon” but I suspect I would hesitate to vote for a really devout _anything_ and yes, I am an atheist. The thing is, I think a lot of people who go into politics at any level seem to think the safest thing to do is to claim to be quite religious, when they may not actually attend church or believe the tenets of their faith much at all. We can all think of politicians who are great at mouthing pieties but who seem to be fairly clueless about what living a virtuous life actually involves. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-romneys-mormonism-bother-you/584768/107 "2011-06-15T21:12:05Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > I wouldn’t vote for a devout anything, but “Mormon” was the only choice I was given. Same. From my perspective there’s little difference between a devout Mormon and a devout Catholic or Scientologist. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-romneys-mormonism-bother-you/584768/108 "2011-06-15T21:15:17Z")
It bothers me a great deal that Romney, a lifelong liberal, is now running as a faux conservative and may win. The Mormon thing doesn’t bother me at all. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-romneys-mormonism-bother-you/584768/109 "2011-06-16T01:58:15Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > **Sampiro** , as an exmormon, it would bother me terribly because of the [Law of Consecration.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_consecration) > > A tithe-paying, garment-wearing mormon would have made this covenant in the temple. That could open the door to basically turning the federal government over to the mormon church. I would be very, very concerned that any mormon president would call for legislation based upon his religious beliefs. That comment is no different than the accusation that Kennedy would have let the Pope run the United States government once he was elected. The Pope did not run the US government and, in case you haven’t noticed, the Mormon church did not run the Massachusetts state government when Romney was Governor. > [@](#): > > I left mormonism, for some very specific reasons. I am not inclined to vote for someone who may wish to impose that same belief system – from which I made a studied and conscious choice to walk away from – on my life. Where do you get the idea that Romney wishes to impose his religion on the nation? > [@](#): > > It’s a slippery slope. Well, it would be if that were the case. > [@](#): > > One day, Mitt Romney’s president and the next, it’s suddenly illegal to have more than two earrings in one ear. You do remember that he was Governor of an entire state, don’t you? Was it illegal there to have more than two earrings in one ear? Was it illegal to drink coffee, tea, or alcohol? Was it illegal to smoke tobacco? It’s not even illegal to drink coffee, tea, or booze in Utah. [quote] Oh, and you can forget all about gaining any ground on GLBT rights. Nevermind abortion, we women can forget all about trying to obtain birth control. Speaking of birth control, I just checked the LDS church’s [website](http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?locale=0&sourceId=579639b439c98010VgnVCM1000004d82620a ____ &vgnextoid=bbd508f54922d010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD) and this is what they have to say about that: > [@](#): > > The decision of how many children to have and when to have them is a private matter for the husband and wife. > [@](#): > > Do you really want people who still believe they are supposed to multiply and replenish the earth making decisions about family planning for you? I don’t. Well, since the stated stance is different than what you fear it is, I’ll just go with, “The LDS church is not making decisions about family planning for me.” It seems to me the OP left out one option in the responses: “No matter what the candidate’s faith is, or even if the candidate has no religion, I would only vote for the candidate after I’m satisfied with their answers to some questions I think are important.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-romneys-mormonism-bother-you/584768.md?page=5)