Patheos website on Tuesday published a controversial article by evangelical journalist
Warren Cole Smith titled "
A Vote for Romney Is a Vote for the LDS Church." The article argues in part:
As Theodore Roosevelt said, the presidency is a "bully pulpit." Indeed, it has become the bulliest pulpit in the world. The entire planet hangs on what the occupant of that pulpit says and does.
Placing a Mormon in that pulpit would be a source of pride and a shot of adrenaline for the LDS church. It would serve to normalize the false teachings of Mormonism the world over. It would also provide an opening to Mormon missionaries around the world, who could start every conversation: "Let me tell you about the American president." To elect a Mormon President is to advance the cause of the Mormon Church.
The article is part of a broader symposium on
Faith and the Future of Social Conservatism. Another article in the symposium by J.E. Dyer is titled "
Yes, Christians Can Vote for Mormons" and one by Jeremy Lott is titled "
In Defense of Mormons."
