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 Mitt Romney campaigning on Wednesday.
April 11th, 2012
03:34 PM ET
Evangelical leader: Mormonism will become a bigger issue for RomneyBy Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor (CNN) - A top evangelical leader who is close to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign says the candidate’s Mormon faith will be even more of an issue in the general election than it has been in the primary, predicting that the focus on Romney’s faith will present a challenge to Romney. Richard Land is the public policy chief for the Southern Baptist Convention, the country’s largest evangelical denomination. He said Wednesday that he expects that the news media will make Mormonism more of an issue in an attempt to get independent voters to support President Barack Obama. “The 40% of electorate that’s independent, most of them have no idea what Mormons believe,” Land said. But they will all know what Mormons believe by the general election because the electronic national media by and large is the in the tank for Mr. Obama.”
April 11th, 2012
05:54 AM ET
Belief Blog's Morning Speed Read for Wednesday, April 11
By Laura Koran, CNN Here's the Belief Blog’s morning rundown of the top faith-angle stories from around the United States and around the world. Click the headlines for the full stories. From the Blog:  Supporters pray over Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum during a February campaign stop in Texas. CNN: With Santorum suspending campaign, some religious conservatives wonder how to proceed |
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