Why is the media all over Romney being Mormon but quite on Obama being Muslim?

Question

whats up with that....i thought there was no liberal bias in the media?

Hmm, a christian whose name literally translated.means............".I live for serving allah"....unusual

Answer 1

obama is going to be a footnote pretty soon and the issue has been rehashed so many times.
romney might have a shot at the presidency - so it is news.

Answer 2

It was September 11, 1857. A wagon train of 160 settlers on their way to California was massacred by a bunch of Mormons dressed in Indian clothes. 17 children under the age of 8 were spared and lived to tell their story.
1st. They dressed as Indians but after five days they changed tactics.
2nd. Then they went a bit away ,dressed back into normal clothes and acted like the Rescue Party who had negotiated a deal with the"Indians".
3rd, Then confiscated all the guns as part of the deal for "saving" the travellers and Mormon dissidents( who were the reason for the attack in the first place).
4th. Took everybody off a mile or so and shot them all. 2 men got away but were eventually tracked down and killed a day or so later.
5th. Took the 17 children they had not killed back with them to Salt Lake City.
6th. Got away with it. After a publicized trial, with the childrens own testimony admitted into the court, only 1 man was convicted and shot, John D. Lee. ( pardoned by Church 1960)
It ended up being called the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The first time in U.S. history that U.S. citizens were massacred on U.S. soil by religious wackos. This event is even more significant because the total U.S. population at the time was much smaller.(I dont know the exact numbers, maybe only 30 million or so) In todays numbers it would be around 1400

Answer 3

Obama's not a Muslim. Major media is staying out of the religion thing..so far.
Charity G you got it wrong. Al Sharpton has made an issue of Romney's religion. Said some pretty ignorant things, in fact. What would you expect?

Answer 4

I don't see why either individual's religion should be important, as long as their religion is a religion of respect, high morals, etc. That being said, Obama isn't a Muslim, but even if he was I wouldn't hold it against him or consider it a factor in whether I would vote for him (unless he was tied to a radical Muslim group). Obama is a Christian, as is Romney, so if you are diving into Romney's faith you should be diving into each of the other candidates faith. We certainly shouldn't target one candidate for his faith and not the others.

Answer 5

Alright, Obama is not Muslim.

I don't think it right to pick on anyone because of their faith. I don't care who is bringing it up, it is wrong. This is so sad that here we are 18 months till the elections and the mud slinging and name calling are in full swing.

I am not a fan of either candidate, but I refuse to use someones religion as a reason to dislike them. If that is all people are going to use to decide on who to vote for, then the American public deserves whatever it gets.

People, study each candidate and learn their history in their offices and decide if they are the person you feel is best suited for the job. Who cares what religion they are. That has no bearing on the subject.

Answer 6

This question in one form or another pops up here regularly. It's part of a whispering campaign by Romney's people who are sensitive to focus on his Mormon background. By declaring incorrectly that Obama is a Muslim, the natural reaction of most people is to declare that no candidate's religion shouldn't be an issue in the election. It's a pretty neat trick.

Answer 7

Obama isn't a Muslim. P.S. I don't know any liberals that have an issue with Romney being a Mormon. That rhetoric generally comes from social conservatives.

Answer 8

Whoa dude. Lying should be against the law. The man is a proclaimed Christian.

You guys really are going to sink to new levels in the coming election, aren't you? And I thought you couldn't go any lower...

Boye--I'm on to you. Your posts are so full of lies and innuendo you need to register with the Department of Offense.

Answer 9

I believe he was raised Muslim (?) but is not currently?

There will always be issues with what religion a canidate is There was uproar when Kennedy ran for president because he was Catholic.

I have no problem with a Mormon president. & I'm not mormon myself. He just seems to me like a good upstanding person.

*side note* let's not be grammar trolls here. We all make typos. ;)

Answer 10

Mr. Obama is a member of the United Church of Christ and has been for decades.