Oh, puleeez, Mitt! He was driven away and forced to move West because of his polygamy. Why are you trying to ignore it? And why didn't Hitch pick up on it?

why do you think, because it's incorrect.

If he was driven away only because of polygamy, why is it that Mormons were being driven out of states BEFORE polygamy was instituted?

Oh, oh, let me, let me!

Because religious people have, through the ages, had remarkably little tolerance for anybody agreeing with other silly stories than their own?

You can be your ass it wasn't the "evil" atheists who were persecuting the Mormons. Oh no, it was the followers of gentle Jesus, meek and mild.

Ahem, "bet" your ass even.

I don't think anyone said it wasn't or could have been.

I implied that someone had?

RedViking:

If he was driven away only because of polygamy, why is it that Mormons were being driven out of states BEFORE polygamy was instituted?

Which state were they driven out of BEFORE polygamy was instituted? Note, I don't specify before it was ADMITTED. The claims (and it turns out they were correct) of polygamy were around long before it was officially announced,