Mitt Romney: Silver State

Presidential Campaign Dept: Romney, however, is arguably the most actively religious major-party presidential candidate in modern times. He was bishop of his Massachusetts ward from 1981 to 1986 and was president of his stake the rough equivalent of a Catholic diocese from 1986 to 1994, according to Montreal Gazette. The Golden State isn t a presidential battleground, but Nevada is. And Californians phone-banking and precinct-walking efforts there for or against Romney could tip the balance in a battleground state. But most gay activists say they don t think many people will travel to the Silver State to pay back Mormons for helping defeat Proposition 8 and how Mitt Romney s Mormon faith will affect the presidential campaign is among 2012 s biggest political enigmas: He doesn t say much about it on the trail. But even in California, where in 2008 Mormons raised their political profile in an all-out fight to outlaw gay marriage with Proposition 8, almost nobody is dwelling on Romney s religion at least publicly. And individual voters rarely voice the ambivalence that polls show many Americans have about electing a Mormon as president. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.