Mormon questions dog Romney in S.C.

Republican Mitt Romney yesterday dismissed questions about whether his Mormon faith would be an impediment to his campaign and defended his changing views on abortion.

Insisting he was making inroads in this early-voting Bible Belt state, Romney said he has had “a number of meetings with pastors of various faiths and religious leaders. Almost to a person they’ve subscribed to what Dr. Richard Land (of the Southern Baptist Convention) said, which was: ‘We’re not electing Mitt Romney as pastor in chief.’ ”

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