Monday, November 30, 2009

Romney, Obama and polygamy

"President Obama's honeymoon is over . . . Republicans are gearing up to run against him in 2012. . . . the smart money is on former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney gaining his party's nomination. . . . His candidacy, however, faces a major obstacle that should concern all Americans: religious intolerance. Mitt Romney's membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka the Mormon church) clearly hurt him in 2008."

http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/11/column-tolerance-we-have-a-ways-to-go-.html

Why is it socially acceptable to discuss the polygamy of Romney's Mormon ancestors (several generations removed), but not the polygamy of Obama's Muslim father and grandfather?

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