[GOP_Lady]

Well good for you. I thought we were electing a President and not the head of a church.

[conservativegramma]

EXACTLY! And why would I vote for a man running for President who deliberately seeks to deceive the American people over matters of his faith????? What else will he attempt to deceive us on?

[muawiyah]

That's a difficult dichotomy to press on a wealthy, powerful, highly regarded Mormon. It's entirely likely he has significant status in that church, and might achieve even higher status as President.

They are really two different issues, but the LDS in SLC do, in fact, recognize success in ways not exactly common in most churches these days ~ rather more like Catholicism in France in the 15th Century.

Then, someone like Ted Kennedy would have had a chance at being appointed Cardinal. Today he must suffice with the status of almost-lapsed Catholic.

The point being, although some things the Mormons do seem unusual, those actions used to be common elsewhere.