My Southern grandmother, born during Reconstruction, was a yellow dog Democrat (despite being quite conservative and a teetotaler). She only voted other than for the Democrat twice in her life: against Al Smith in 1928 ("damned wet Catholic" in her words) and against Kennedy in 1960. (She would not say whether she voted for the Republican or some third party candidate - only that she had split her ticket and voted against Smith and Kennedy)
I'm 61. I was living next to my grandparent's when Kennedy was running for president. My Grandfather made a special visit to the polls to be sure and not allow Kennedy to be elected President. Was he prejudiced against Kennedy or Catholics? Catholics of course, because my Grandfather was a democrat but he was a deist who feared a man who would follow the dictates of Rome!
That current of prejudicial wrangle is still in our nation, especially when comparison of Christian and non-Christian religions are in question ... and the Rodham-rodent goon squad, aided gleefully by the mainstream media who care not a whit if they destroy the national unity needed to fight a war agaisnt an extremely dangerous enemy, THAT squad will exploit and massacre Romney support to such a degree that conservative voter turnout will drop and usher in a filibuster proof majority in the Senate and a rodent in the White House when the general election comes around. The primary goal of the democrats, in fomenting religious clamor, is to suppress conservative voter turnout or divide it to expose what media will call bigotry because the media has no God but liberal empowerment.
The real issue with a Romney candidacy is not whether Mormonism is a Christian sect or not (I am certain it is not, but that is not the real issue), it is how easily the Rodham-rodent's goons can exploit and divide using the contrast that is easy to point out. And the mere contrasts create a wrangle that alienates conservatives from each other, as debates with Mormon Apologists have revealed on numerous recent threads. The condescension and ridicule, deceit and manipulation of scriptures by those feeling righteous indignation at being challenged on thier religious beliefs has been a sight to behold at FR of late ... and I've been right in the middle of it, giving and receiving while perhaps thousands of readers have been turned off and abandoned the threads. This will happen with voting, too!
Romney is as dangerous to conservatism in America as Rudy Giuliani is ... one because he is an easy target to generate division and appears too malleable, the other because he is not even remotely a conservative and is proud of it and tells conservatives to 'get over yourselves'!
And the article that generated this thread, while fairly well written, is precisely the sort of 'negatives generator' that the DNC goon squad loves to exploit. Just look at how easily negatives have exploded into view, if anyone doubts it.