# Wil it matter that Obama is the only protestant of the four party candidates? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 18, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wil-it-matter-that-obama-is-the-only-protestant-of-the-four-party-candidates/631835 "2012-08-18T01:14:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Linden\_Arden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wil-it-matter-that-obama-is-the-only-protestant-of-the-four-party-candidates/631835/1 "2012-08-18T01:14:51Z")
Normally, it would. These are no normal times though. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wil-it-matter-that-obama-is-the-only-protestant-of-the-four-party-candidates/631835/2 "2012-08-18T01:28:14Z")
Umm, why would it matter in normal times? Maybe you could flesh out the OP just a teeny tiny bit. Jus’ sayin’ ---
**Author:** ![Linden\_Arden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wil-it-matter-that-obama-is-the-only-protestant-of-the-four-party-candidates/631835/3 "2012-08-18T01:33:26Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > Umm, why would it matter in normal times? Maybe you could flesh out the OP just a teeny tiny bit. Jus’ sayin’ If a Republican POTUS candidate were the only Protestant of the four the fundies would mobilize millions to defeat the ungodly Democrat imposters. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wil-it-matter-that-obama-is-the-only-protestant-of-the-four-party-candidates/631835/4 "2012-08-18T01:33:51Z")
There are no Protestants on the Supreme Court. The majority leader of the Senate is not a Protestant and neither is the Speaker of the House. It’s downright freaky. But none of it matters. What does matter is that [17 Percent Of Registered Voters Think Obama Is Muslim, Pew Poll Finds](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/obama-muslim_n_1706522.html). That includes 30% of Republicans. That’s also downright freaky, especially since that percentage of Republicans has almost doubled since 2008. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wil-it-matter-that-obama-is-the-only-protestant-of-the-four-party-candidates/631835/5 "2012-08-18T01:38:29Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > What does matter is that [17 Percent Of Registered Voters Think Obama Is Muslim, Pew Poll Finds](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/obama-muslim_n_1706522.html). That includes 30% of Republicans. That’s also downright freaky, especially since that percentage of Republicans has almost doubled since 2008. That’s significantly lower than I expected, actually. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wil-it-matter-that-obama-is-the-only-protestant-of-the-four-party-candidates/631835/6 "2012-08-18T01:44:31Z")
30% of republicans believe he’s a muslim? That’s almost one out of every 3 republicans. That’s fucking messed up. And 17% overall is also pretty bad too. Damn, America is fucking loony. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wil-it-matter-that-obama-is-the-only-protestant-of-the-four-party-candidates/631835/7 "2012-08-18T02:15:31Z")
As a not insignificant contingent of the people for whom such a thing would matter tend to think he’s a secret Muslim, no. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wil-it-matter-that-obama-is-the-only-protestant-of-the-four-party-candidates/631835/8 "2012-08-18T02:54:18Z")
> [@Linden\_Arden](#): > > If a Republican POTUS candidate were the only Protestant of the four the fundies would mobilize millions to defeat the ungodly Democrat imposters. If donkeys had wings they would fly. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wil-it-matter-that-obama-is-the-only-protestant-of-the-four-party-candidates/631835/9 "2012-08-18T03:37:49Z")
> [@Linden\_Arden](#): > > If a Republican POTUS candidate were the only Protestant of the four the fundies would mobilize millions to defeat the ungodly Democrat imposters. Anti-Catholic bigotry is more or less dead in the US.