Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Amazing: A Jewish Newspaper Denigrates Mormons

The NYT has just put up an amazing attack on Mormons that is almost word-for-word a copy of all the old accusations against Jews. Leftist bigotry? You judge:

"Among the reasons Americans distrust the Mormon church is Mormon clannishness..... Mormons like to hire other Mormons, and those who lose their jobs can count on the church networks to find them openings elsewhere. Mr. Romney put those same networks to effective use in raising part of his $23 million in campaign contributions. Moreover, Mormons are perceived to be unusually secretive..."

But only conservatives can be bigoted, of course. See a transcript of Hugh Hewitt probing the matter and another comment here