Other newspapers report on 'Mormons in America' poll by Pew Center

Thursday's release of a new Pew Forum Survey of "Mormons in America" created headlines in newspapers and online journals all around the world.

Many of those who reported on the survey tried to take a broad approach to the survey's findings. The Washington Post wrote that "the first major independent poll of U.S. Mormons describes a conservative, devout community highly concerned about being accepted even as it embraces beliefs about gender roles, premarital sex and religious commitment that are well outside the mainstream."

The Post also presented to its readers an interesting graphic representation of the survey, and a Mormons in America photo gallery.

The New York Times lead indicated the survey of Mormons in America "finds that while one of their own is making unprecedented progress in a bid for the presidency, many feel uneasy in the spotlight, misunderstood and unaccepted in the American mainstream."

"Despite this, a majority of the Mormons polled said they believed that acceptance of Mormonism was rising and that the American people were ready to elect a Mormon as president. It is a sunny outlook for a religion that is consistently ranked near the bottom, along with Muslims and atheists, on favorability surveys of various groups."

The Los Angeles Times wrote: "Call it the Mitt Moment, the Mormon Moment — by whatever name, this would seem to be a pretty good time to be a Mormon in America. And it is, according to a survey of American Mormons being released Thursday, even though many church members say they still face discrimination and hostility."

And the Chicago Tribune introduced readers to the survey this way: "Most Mormons believe their religion is not well understood by Americans and many sense hostility but a survey done as Mormonism gains political and cultural prominence shows they are also optimistic that tolerance of their faith is rising."

Other publications were more prone to focus on certain elements of the survey.

The Guardian in the United Kingdom led its story on the survey with the fact that "one-third of Mormons in the U.S. believe that American voters are not ready to elect Mitt Romney, or any other member of their church, as president." Fox News also focused on Romney in its lead for the story, indicating that "America could be standing on the precipice of the 'Mormon Moment,' according to a new survey that says most members of the religion believe the country is ready to elect a Mormon president."