Mini history lesson on the how the US government tried to crush Mormonism and brings up the interesting point that this year's election has "the prospect of a presidential contest between an incumbent whose race would have made him an outcast 125 years ago--and a challenger whose creed would have done the same."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-verdict-on-the-mormon-question/2012/01/13/gIQANY753P_story.html?wprss=rss_opinions
This is a handy review, Alix; thanks. I was struck by the Mormonism/Islam line near the end. That comparison is ubiquitous. I wrote an article about it some time ago ... I'll post it.
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