Mitt has gotten permission from the LDS leadership to distance himself as much as politically necessary from the church in order to be elected.
I thought it was interesting that for the last 150 years in Utah before the start of legislative session the leadership of the Mormon church would meet with both parties and both houses of the legislature to fill them in on the church’s position on the issues. This year for the first time ever the meeting was called off...
The meeting was moved to after the legislative session was over.