Mike, honestly I don't think that the church is overly concerned about flare ups of anti mormonism. It has always been there, and frankly will always be there. We are who we are, and just by our nature, there will be those who oppose us.
I do think that do to the international nature of the church and that we have so much growth outside of the country right now it is of the up most concern that we as a church are transparent in not showing any support for a candidate based upon religious orientation. How would Mitt Romney getting elected, with overt church support effect the church in China, Russia, chances of getting into Cuba (BYU musical groups visited this past year). The list goes on. This is bigger than a bunch of blow-hards here in the US.
Just some thoughts.
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