Reader: Signe Cartoon Disses Mormons

Signe Wilkinson/Washington Post

Reader: On Dec. 29 you ran a “cartoon” by Signe Wilkinson on page B5. I am surprised that in this day anyone would put “Morman Politians” in a separate category than they would “Christian Politians.” “Mormons” are Christians and they believe in God our Eternal Father, in his son Jesus Christ, in the Holy Ghost and in the Bible, so long as it is translated correctly.

Opinion Edior Doug Floyd : Response: I agree with Ms. Gadberry that Signe Wilkinson’s decision to include the Book of Mormon in her cartoon was probably influenced by Mitt Romney’s candidacy for president. But I suspect that a bigger consideration was the fact that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints formally recognizes a separate volume of scripture — The Book of Mormon — in addition to the Bible. Since the theme of the cartoon focused on various religious books, it seems like a logical image to help make her point.

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