Anti-Mormonism, the Fashionable Prejudice

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Via Meadia:

Walter Russell Mead

5/31/12

 

Writing at Inside Higher Ed, Thomas Terry, associate professor at Idaho State University, spills the beans on anti-Mormonism in the halls of academe. Terry himself is not a Mormon but teaches in a state where 27 percent of the population are Latter-Day Saints and so knows something about them. His piece recounts some of the bigotry he has observed toward this religious group:

 

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Read the whole thing. Like Terry, Via Meadia opposes religious bigotry in all its forms, whether from the right or the left, whether promoted by pastors or Ivy League professors opining in the New York Times—and not just when it is politically convenient.

 

Unfortunately, as we have repeatedly documented, many fashionable and otherwise enlightened individuals have fallen short when it comes to respecting the faith of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, opting instead to stoke bigotry they would never countenance against any other religious group in order to score cheap political points.

 

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(Note: In the comment section)

"Harry Allan says:

May 31, 2012 at 6:13 pm

 

I wonder how much of this is anti-Mormon and how much anti-religion. It’s natural to assume that most Mormons are highly observant,and think of them (for better or worse) as we think of highly observant Protestants, Catholics and Jews."