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<p> <img alt="Mormon_Searches" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451c45669e2017ee3ea621f970d" src="https://sullydish.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/6a00d83451c45669e2017ee3ea621f970d-550wi.png" style="width:515px;" title="Mormon_Searches" /></p>
<p><a class="asset-img-link" href="https://sullydish.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/6a00d83451c45669e2017ee3ea621f970d-800wi.png" style="display:inline;"></a>John Sides <a href="http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2012/10/01/romneys-candidacy-has-piqued-curiosity-about-mormons-evidence-from-google-searches/">finds</a> evidence that Romney&#039;s campaign has increased interest in Mormonism:</p>
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<p>The bottom line is that politics plays a pedagogic function.  It is sometimes quipped that foreign policy crises cause Americans to become acquainted with world geography.  In much the same vein, the nomination of a presidential candidate with a Mormon religious background has prompted vast numbers of Americans to seek out information about this religion and its adherents.</p>
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<p>Update from a reader:</p>
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<p>&quot;The Book of Mormon&quot; opened on Broadway in March 2011.</p>
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