An e-mail: I am an active Mormon (who also spent fair amount of time being an inactive Mormon). I agree with your column in every respect. As to the “temple garment” issue, they are viewed by Mormons as highly sacred (and therefore not a subject for public discussion), not because they symbolize some weird, cultish values. Rather, they symbolize values and religious principles that virtually any person of faith would applaud, and simply say “Me too.” I also agree that we need to pick a person driven by positive values, and the source of those values can come from a variety of sources (though I believe those inculcated by religions that value individual souls and that believe in a higher authority are best). In the end, we need a President who believes in obligations before rights, hard work, self-reliance, defending our civililzation (I’m a real Mark Steyn fan on that issue), economic growth, and, where necessary, government reaching out to those who can’t help themselves. Most of those are basic values of Mormons, but they’re also shared by millions of other Americans. Maybe Romney isn’t the answer, but someone who has those same values is. And that’s who we should be trying to find as our next president.