Obama's Religion Still A Campaign Issue:Many Alabama, Mississippi Voters Believe President Is Muslim

[cbayer]

Obama's Religion Still A Campaign Issue: Many Alabama, Mississippi Voters Believe President Is Muslim

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/12/obama-religion-mississippi-alabama_n_1338990.html?ref=religion&ir=Religion


The Huffington Post | By Chris Gentilviso Posted: 03/12/2012 11:12 am Updated: 03/12/2012 11:33 am



Ask Barack Obama about his religious affiliation, and he's a Christian. Ask Mississippi or Alabama voters, and you might find a different answer.

In the midst of tight GOP primaries in both states, Public Policy Polling (PPP) has released information showing that a majority of voters in the Deep South do not see Obama as a Christian. PPP's Alabama survey of 600 likely GOP primary voters found that only 14 percent placed the president under that religious designation, while 45 percent said he is a Muslim and 41 percent answered that they were not sure.

A similar picture emerged in Mississippi. Of 656 likely GOP primary voters surveyed, 12 percent said Obama was a Christian, 52 percent classified him as a Muslim, and 36 percent fell in the "not sure" category.

The survey emerges on the heels of a recent stream of public questioning regarding Obama's religion. Back on Feb. 18, Rick Santorum took aim at the president's beliefs, charging that his White House decisions are driven by a "different theology."

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[rfranklin]

1. Most of them are in the province of Dumbfuckistan...

and are worshippers of Republican Jesus.

[sharp_stick]

2. It would be an issue

if any of these backward dipshits could ever be persuaded to vote for him. Many if not most of the assholes answering in this fashion find it much easier to say they aren't comfortable voting for a Muslim than the reality that they aren't ever going to vote for a man with a tan.

[zbdent]

3. makes me wonder how many of them would actually be able to read the birth certificate

if they actually were physically able to "read" it ...

They don't believe it because they CAN'T read it?

[skepticscott]

4. And this is news...why?

A healthy chunk of the voting, breeding adults in the deep south know little or nothing that isn't spoon-fed to them in redneck churches or on right-wing hate radio. Duh. Nothing new there.

[HughBeaumont]

5. Question . . .

Why EXACTLY does a president's faith of choice matter SO MUCH to people? Why are there parts of America that still live in the damned 19th century? Why is it that there are people who decry Middle Eastern theocracies, yet secretly wouldn't mind one here as long as it's "Chris-Chun!"???

[cbayer]

6. Fear? Bigotry? Poverty? Lack of adequate educational resources?