WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: Mormon Theocracy Meme Debunked.

Bigotry is bad; how hard is that to remember?

Apparently, very hard for a lot of American liberals who have allowed their dislike and suspicion of Republican politics to lower their defenses against cheap and ugly religious bigotry. Nasty, ill-founded slanders against alleged Mormon plans for theocracy are spewing forth from news organizations and writers who, when the better angels of their nature are more fully in control, recognize the vicious and evil nature of religious bigotry in other contexts.

Yes, I’ve noticed this, too.