Mitt Romney and Mormonism

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I'm going to be in the minority here and say that I pretty much decided he wasn't a candidate for my vote the instant I found out he was Mormon. I agree with others here that most of the Mormon's I've known have been really swell people (and, living in AZ, I've known quite a few). But having spent so many years in a cult, I'm just not willing to vote for a member of what I consider to be another cult.

And yes, I think all religions are cultish in some ways, but in all the cult psychology research I've been doing, Mormons and JW's are the only mainstream religions discussed. The level of mind control is so much higher than most Catholics, Baptists, whatever. That and the fact that Mormon's consider themselves the "true faith" like JW's, I just wouldn't trust that he wouldn't be pushing a religious agenda in govt.

Now there are varying degrees of fundamentalism in Mormonism, and there are some for which it's more of a social/business thing, if I got that vibe from Romney then maybe it wouldn't be an issue. Or if I agreed with his politics then maybe I could get over the religion thing. But as it stands, he's Republican and Mormon, and I just don't want to use my first presidential vote on that combination.