(USA Today) Religious labels matter less in 2012 campaign

There aren’t any white Protestants on the presidential ballot this year ”” a first in American history.

Instead, the race features two Catholic candidates for vice president, and a Mormon Republican and African-American mainline Protestant for president.

Perhaps lucky for all of them, voters care more about issues such as social justice or gay marriage than they do about denominational brands….

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