Gee, you’re so right, if Romney was a Methodist we’d still be talking about Mormons all the time. /S <—— (Do I really need to put the /S there?)
On FR, exposure of mormonism has been going on since before 2002...just a heads up mormonism will be continue to be exposed even after nobody remembers who Romney is.
I’ve actually used Free Republic for a long time for quick resources on Mormonism and on Catholic discussions. I just type what I want + Free Republic and I usually get the quote or reference that I needed. That’s because debates have usually taken place on the forum, with lots of good apologetics going back and forth. It is a lie that these Mormon questions have only come up recently. Here’s an example from 2002:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/660660/posts
It’s certainly possible they have come up more frequently, but I have no way to gauge that. Whatever the case, it isn’t healthy to pimp for Mormonism just for your political candidate. Though, coincidentally, I do think Mitt Gimmick is a perfect specimen of his religion! If it was Beck, I’d still debate Mormonism, but probably would be softer. At least Beck is conservative and has a certain degree of integrity, so far as any human being can have it.