{"id":1401,"date":"2006-10-03T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-03T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/10\/would-evangelicals-vote-for-a.html"},"modified":"2006-10-03T16:44:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-03T16:44:00","slug":"would-evangelicals-vote-for-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/10\/would-evangelicals-vote-for-a.html","title":{"rendered":"Would Evangelicals Vote for a Mormon for President?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wondered about this<\/a>, Dobson says no:<\/p>\n

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A prominent and powerful evangelical Christian leader, James Dobson, said yesterday that the Mormon faith practiced by Governor Romney of Massachusetts could pose a serious obstacle if Mr. Romney makes a bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.<\/p>\n

“I don’t believe that conservative Christians in large numbers will vote for a Mormon but that remains to be seen, I guess,” Mr. Dobson said on a syndicated radio program hosted by a conservative commentator, Laura Ingraham.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/span> But Falwell says yes:
\n<\/p>\n

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While some Christians have denounced Mormonism as a heretical sect, not all conservative Christians agree that Mr. Romney’s faith will hurt him with the religious right.<\/p>\n

“If he’s pro-life, pro-family, I don’t think he’ll have any problem getting the support of evangelical Christians,” a founder of the Moral Majority, Rev. Jerry Falwell, told the Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mo. earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t know about the rest of the Christians but I would vote for him. I wouldn’t doubt that Dobson knows what he’s talking about, though. He knows his people.
\nWhat about you guys, would you vote for a Mormon?
\n(Link via Kathryn Jean Lopez of The Corner<\/a>)
\nTags: Mormon<\/a>, Christian<\/a>, President<\/a>, election<\/a>, 2008<\/a>, evangelical <\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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