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Coming next: Left-wing anti-Mormonism

Jeffrey Goldberg agrees that Mormons are socially and culturally Christian, but can’t be described as theologically Christian. Being Jewish, Goldberg doesn’t particularly care, except that he believes it’s wrong to judge Romney’s fitness to hold the presidency on the basis of his religion. He believes, though, that anti-Mormon bigotry will ultimately not be a problem from […]

Jeffrey Goldberg agrees that Mormons are socially and culturally Christian, but can’t be described as theologically Christian. Being Jewish, Goldberg doesn’t particularly care, except that he believes it’s wrong to judge Romney’s fitness to hold the presidency on the basis of his religion. He believes, though, that anti-Mormon bigotry will ultimately not be a problem from the Religious Right:

But here’s a prediction: If Romney wins the nomination, we will see a rush of anti-Mormon propaganda — generated by secular liberals, not evangelicals. Anti- Romney leftists, the sort of people who would be loath to utter an unfavorable word about Islamic doctrine, will expend a great deal of energy and money bringing to light the most peculiar aspects of Mormon theology and practice, in an effort to convince evangelicals that the man leading the Republican Party is a harebrained heathen.

Exhibit One: Maureen Dowd, taking the lead.

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