Should people vote against Mitt Romney, just because of his religion.?

Question

Romney is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon). Do you think this should have any effect on his candidacy.
When John Kennedy ran in 1960 people said if he was elected the Pope would run our country. He was elected and no such thing happened. When Jimmy Carter was elected the Southern Baptists didn't take over. Why should it be any different with Romney.

Answer 1

I am an ex mormon, and current agnostic/ atheist.
On religious issues, I am against Mormons

However,
On political grounds, there is nothing to fear from electing someone purely because they are a Mormon.
Generally Mormons are civic minded.
Of course, they will be conservative on matters of morals, abortion, etc.... but there is no 'Mormon agenda' handed down from the top... at least, not any more than any other christian religion.
Judge them on their politics, not their religion

Answer 2

Vote for the candidate that you feel will express your wishes best. Evaluate their morals, principles, character, policies, experience, and track record.

Bottom line is that there are some incredible people and some terrible people in every faith on the planet. Evaluate the man.

I can't see that a mormon president would do things much differently than a baptist, catholic, or evangelical president.

Answer 3

Absolutely not. Religion should play no part in a politician's electability. The presidential candidate should be judged only on his platform, and his reputation. The fact that he's a Mormon means absolutely jack to me.

Answer 4

No i do not think that this should have any affect with politics. I look at who would make the best and is most qualified for someone to make president. I do not know about you and others but i do not want someone is not qualified for the job. I also look at the views they have on things for an example right now would be Iraq how and what would they do about this.

Answer 5

People should vote as individuals for the person they feel is the ideal candidate, REGARDLESS of their reasonings for choosing that person.

It's why we go into a voting BOOTH to vote. It's a private act between ourselves and the ballot. Whether we choose based on religion, gender, or political platform is of no consequence. There really is no "should" or "shouldn't" about it.

What matters is that we DO go out and vote.

Answer 6

I like Mitt. Why should him being a mormon have anything to do with it. He's not marching in the streets or murdering innocent people because they won't convert, in fact I don't recall ever seeing the mormons rise up.

Answer 7

I don't think the problem lies with Romney's religion as much as it does his switch on the issues. I'm amazed that conservatives who screamed flip-flopper at Kerry over and over are just accepting Romney's sudden change of heart over social issues. If that isn't flip-flopping to build a new image for the conservatives so he can make a viable Republican run for President then what is it?

Answer 8

It won't be if Mitt Romney is elected. We already have a number of Mormons in Congress and we do not see them, not even Harry Reid, voting his faith...

Answer 9

People shouldn't, but people will. The liberal who preach tolerance are the most intollerant people in the world, and would gladly vote for a black or woman before they vote for a Morman.

Answer 10

it wouldn't...

but you can believe the hype if you want to... actually I heard that Joseph Smith, when he was reading the golden plates in his attic, read about the ascension of Mitt Romney into power. And when Mitt won he would single handedly wipe every other religion off the face of the earth and unite everyone under CoJC, and the Latter-Day saints would take their rightful place as the leaders of the world... then Joseph Smith would return as grand exalted leader of the chosen people.

Or you can realize that all religion is a farce