John Hinderaker at Power Line has some thoughts on this:
First Bill Clinton was anointed, weirdly, as our first black president. But he wasn’t, of course. Now our actual first black president, Barack Obama, has been anointed as our first gay president. Which he isn’t, either. The odd thing is that the news outlets that promote these “firsts” consider them to be high compliments. Coming out for gay marriage isn’t just good public policy, it is angelic!
Mitt Romney will be, most likely, our first Mormon president. If that happens, it will be a remarkable accomplishment, given how relatively few Mormons there are and how recently they were viciously persecuted. Joseph Smith was tarred and feathered in 1832 and murdered by a mob in 1844. Do you think that our newspapers and magazines will celebrate the election of our first Mormon to the presidency? No, I don’t think so either. No halos for Mitt.
Is this Newsweek cover some kind of joke??? No, I guess at least they (at Newsweek) are serious. I wonder what people will think of this in 50 years?
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