Mormons on Broadway could bring them to the White House

[Bsix]

Kathleen Flake, a professor of American religious history at Vanderbilt University, has penned a great (IMO) Washington Post column analyzing the chances for a Mormon to be elected president of the United.

Washington Post: Mormons on Broadway could bring them to the White House

She views the new "Book of Mormon" Broadway show as possible harbinger of how Mormonism may be coming acceptable enough to allow for the election of a Mormon to the White house. (My characterization may go too far, but she is in that territory.) She explores the history of Mormon theology in American and politics.

Some wonder if this musical assault is a political one, as well. According to columnist George Will, the GOP has only five

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It was.

Also, whyme has a thread devoted to this article in the main discussion forum, i believe.

[LT123]

Here's hoping that mormons remain unelectable...unless Mike Lee decides to run.

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Here's hoping that if they remain unelectable, it will be because of their politics and not their religion.

[Bill “Papa” Lee]

Wow