I think much of the opposition to Romney is exactly that, people are worried about his faith, but won't come out and say it. Instead they have to make up reasons in their mind to oppose him in different ways.
FReeper rbookward posted this on another thread, and I repeat it here because its' quite enlightening.
Richard Mouw, President of Fuller Theological Seminary:
I know that I have learned much in this continuing dialogue, and I am now convinced that we evangelicals have often seriously misrepresented the beliefs and practices of the Mormon community. Indeed, let me state it bluntly to the LDS folks here this evening: we have sinned against you. The God of the Scriptures makes it clear that it is a terrible thing to bear false witness against our neighbors, and we have been guilty of that sort of transgression in things we have said about you. We have told you what you believe without making a sincere effort first of all to ask you what you believe.
About time someone addressed what I view as some very stupid assumptions.
I'm not at all religious. I belong to no group or organized faith. But I do believe in God.
As such, I find that religions exhibit all of the human failings they proffer to understand and eliminate. To me, this is the the primary reason why I do not participate.
It is good that at least one has accepted and acknowledged what I have been trying to tell them for many years, every time I am asked why I do not participate.
It's a start.....