"a voice from heaven" - Religion & 2012 Presidential Election

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Religion & 2012 Presidential Election

The hidden decisive factor for the 2012 Presidential Election is religion:

7. President ObamaA major reason why religion might be more important to many this time around might be President Obama himself. He is probably the most secular president that we have ever had.
Though he has somewhat supported the National Day of Prayer, and has testified about his personal faith at a National Prayer breakfast, most of America seems rather confused about where the President really stands when it comes to religion. 20% of Americans believe that he might be a closet Muslim while 40% say that they really don’t know what he is. Meanwhile, the MSM doesn’t seem to want to address this issue in spite of the confusion. 
http://answersforthefaith.com/2011/09/13/is-religion-really-an-important-issue-for-2012-presidential-election/

Let's check relationships between religion and US presidents:

List of Presidential Religious Affiliation by Denomination 
Baptist
Warren Harding, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton
Catholic
John F. Kennedy
CongregationalistCalvin Coolidge, Barack Obama (United Church of Christ)
Disciple of ChristJames Garfield, Lyndon Johnson
Dutch ReformedMartin van Buren and Theodore Roosevelt
Episcopalian
James Madison, James Monroe, William Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, Chester Arthur, Franklin Roosevelt, Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush
Methodist
Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley and George W. Bush
Presbyterian
Andrew Jackson, James Polk, James Buchanan, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan
Quaker
Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon
Unitarian
John Adams, John Quincy Adams, William Howard Taft and Millard Filmore
UnconfirmedGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson 

So, virtually president hopeful Mr. Romney's religion had better be checked:

Two of the 2012 Republican Party presidential candidates — Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman — are Mormon. 

Romney’s religion played a substantial role in his 2008 presidential bid, with prejudices and suspicion surrounding his campaign. Three years later his religion has once again crept into the political spotlight... 

Mormon turnout for GOP
Mormons tend to align with conservative social and economic ideology. A 2010 Gallup poll found that Mormons identify with conservative ideology more than any other U.S. religion group. 

The Republican Party really began shoring up Mormon votes in the 70s and 80s, Patterson said. Specifically, the way Ronald Regan led the Republican Party was gravitating for Mormons, he said. 

Patterson said he doesn’t know if Mormons are concerned with anti-Mormon language — they are used to hearing it. Much of the anti-Mormon language has come from conservatives, but Patterson said it’s too soon to say if that will affect Mormons’ support for the GOP. 

“The extent that there is any coverage at all on the Mormon faith is information that is more likely to come to the attention of LDS voters,” Patterson said. “LDS voters will be more likely to turn out and vote in a general election.”
http://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/election2012/election-2012-what-role-will-religion-play-in-the-gop-nomination

(to be continued...)


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Mar 1:10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
Mar 1:11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Mar 1:12 And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness.
Mar 1:13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.