The Washington Post published a story last night examining a massacre carried out by Mormons nearly 200 years ago, and examines whether or not it will affect Mitt Romney’s support in the deep South.
So why is the Post examining old Mormon history?
After reporting the details of the massacre, writer Sandhya Somashekhar concludes that “none of that history, including the massacre, may make much of a difference in the polls.”
After all, she writes, this is a place “where people teach their children to hunt raccoons and relatives are referred to as ‘kin.'” and “it is so conservatively Christian that former governor Mike Huckabee once derided its politicians as ‘Shiite Republicans,'” and are “skeptical of the president’s faith believing their choice this fall is between a Mormon and a Muslim.”
