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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is not prejudice to take his Mormonism into account when voting. Someone's religious beliefs are relevant, particularly when they are as deeply held as Romney's. If we were talking about Huntsman, that would be a different matter - [b]he is culturally a Mormon, but does not literally belief everything the LDS authorities tell him, and makes his own mind up on issues.[/b] So voting against Huntsman because of his mormon background would be prejudice.

But Romney believes in the literal and unerring truth of the Book of Mormon and the Church authorities. I would not vote for him on that basis, and I do not consider that prejudice, but judgement.[/quote]

What an unbelievably ridiculous statement to make. How the hell do you know what anyone else really believes?[/quote]

You know what they say:

“I can’t say I’m overly religious,” he told Fortune magazine last year, when he was still ambassador. “I get satisfaction from many different types of religions and philosophies.”

It’s not the only move that serious Mormons would consider slightly unorthodox. Salt Lake Tribune Washington correspondent Thomas Burr notes that one of Huntsman’s daughters was married in an Episcopal church.

And a Huntsman spokesman, Tim Miller, says the Huntsmans are raising their adopted Indian daughter “to learn about and appreciate her native culture and the faiths associated with it.”

“Jon Huntsman's Mormon roots run deep,” said Burr, who has covered Huntsman since his days as Utah’s governor in the mid-2000s. “Personally, Huntsman says he considers himself a Mormon, but he's also stressed that he gets inspiration from many faiths.”

It’s a contrast to the way  the other Mormon candidate in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, has talked about his religious faith.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/21/understanding-jon-huntsmans-distinct-brand-of-mormonism/[/quote]

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