MormonTimes.com: Obama, like Romney, deserves benefit of doubt on religion

By Beth Palmer
MormonTimes.com
Published: Monday, July 7, 2008 12:10 a.m. MDT
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Early this campaign, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints found out what it's like to have their religious beliefs thrown around in the national media in the context of a presidential election. Being as close to it as we are, we can see every mistake, every misrepresentation, every flat-out falsehood. We know when someone's only telling part of the story, or when a quotation or idea is taken out of context.

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