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Among the incidents that rose to the surface, at least momentarily, was when a Baptist minister from Texas described Romney&#8217;s Mormon faith as a cult. The Rev. Robert Jeffress made the comments at the October 2011 Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., as he was introducing Rick Perry. Romney responded only briefly to the comments &#8211; &#8220;I just don&#8217;t believe that that kind of divisiveness based on religion has a place in this country,&#8221; he said &#8211; and the story faded after about a week, amounting to 5% of all religion coverage during the period studied. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Another modest flurry of religion coverage began in January 2012 when the Obama administration announced that most health insurance plans must cover women&#8217;s contraception, provoking criticism from some religious institutions and leaders. These critics included the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which described the legislation as a threat to religious freedom. The ensuing debate became a campaign issue as GOP candidates, including Romney, challenged Obama &#8211; a rare instance in 2012 in which the candidates themselves initiated faith-related news. Yet it accounted for just 4% of all religion-related coverage in the campaign. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Other religion-related events that garnered media coverage in the 2012 campaign included a recycling of the Rev. Wright controversy from four years earlier, a YouTube video about the Islamic Prophet Muhammad that sparked protests in several countries, a gathering in Texas of prominent evangelical leaders to decide which candidate to support, and continuing allegations or rumors that Obama is a Muslim. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In contrast with the 2008 presidential campaign, moments in which either of the candidates was challenged on his religious identity, or forced to defend a controversial religious position, were muted and short-lived. 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