I don't for a minute believe Romney has changed his mind about basic constitutional issues that he so strongly ignored, denied or opposed just a few short years ago. He is the most two-faced, flip-flopping presidential candidate we have ever had, exceeding even the flip-flops of John Kerry back in 2004. He is the consummate politician, a firm believer in crony capitalism, and a fence sitter who truly will come down on both sides of every issue if it appears beneficial to his political future.
Having said that I don't believe his Mormon beliefs should factor into it. You can assert that his beliefs have given him permission to lie and be deceitful in order to advance his religion, but I'm not sure that leads him to be almost the equivalent of the Antichrist as so many depict him on here. On the other hand many politicians of all political stripes and religious backgrounds use lies and deceit as they seek political power and adhere to the "ends justify the means" political methodology. The most recent of these include John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, and Nancy Pelosi (Obama, of course, is in an entirely different category).
My bottom line is that we can oppose Romney on many many facets without bringing his LDS religion into the discussion and making it the main subject for opposing his candidacy.
Where did I ever say that his Mormonism was my objection to Romney? It may explain some things about him, but my objection to him is and always has been due to his undeniably liberal progressive abortionist/homosexualist statist record and his constant lying. I believe he is a truly evil man. No less evil than Obama, Reid, Pelosi, Biden, et al, who push the same godless leftist positions as Romney. And they all claim to be devout religious people too. But that doesn’t make them any less evil.
Item one: The Obama campaign will be making note of the racism of the mormon church all the way through 1977, and Romney's having been a member during that time.
Item two: The fact that Romney (and other "worthy mormons") have taken the following oath numerous times in mormon temples should certainly be considered in his desire for the power of the presidency. Why should we see one "privileged" class take the place of the current class?
I know this oath is declared. I was there.
Romney doesn’t have a life outside of Mormonism.
Romney has never lived outside of his Mormon world.
This unexplained interest in politics, is still part of his Mormon life, that is why he first got permission from his Prophet, before he ran for president.