"Why would the Baptists of 1800 support a man whom opponents called a 'howling atheist,' while some Baptists today refuse to support Romney because of his Mormonism?"

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When Baptists voted for a heretic When Thomas Jefferson won the presidency in 1800, Baptists represented one of his most reliable constituencies. Jefferson’s Baptist supporters knew that the president did not share their evangelical faith, yet they saw him as a great friend of religious liberty.

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