Just sayin'

that Mormonism was a cult. I have trouble believing that when it comes right down to casting a vote for Romney many of them will be able to do it despite the fact that they are now being told that it’s now ok. I think many will just stay home and not vote at all. I am strangely all right with that

You can put it into stark relief:

1) You actually believe your own leaders and principles, and won't vote for a Mormon because you think it goes against your religion. OR

2) You admit that your beliefs are shit and winning a secular election is more important than what the majority of your church thinks is correct. (In which case, aren't you shitting on your religion, then?) OR

3) You can see that your side holds its own principles in disdain (whenever there's something TRULY important like a Presidential election) and vote Obama (or just stay home).

The problem with evangelicals is that they want to secure their agenda through coercion rather than persuasion. They want political power to promulgate laws that will impose their social ethics on the culture. Instead of being a prophetic witness to Jesus' teachings, they prefer to establish a kingdom through political means. They should be salt, light and doers of good, but instead they have settled for being a subsidiary of the Republican Party.

they think they can control how the president goes about making his policy decisions. In the past, they had hoped the President himself would ban abortion, but presidents know that is a career killer. So, the new strategy is to have a president that will pick the Supreme Court justices that will overturn Roe vs. Wade. It is also their strategy to take both the House and Senate to outlaw it state by state until they can get it banned nationally. They have been pretty successful at the state level especially in the southern states.