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My dad was a lifelong Southern Baptist Texan and proud of it. He voted Republican primarily on the gay marriage issue. But if there was anyone he hated worse than gays, it was Mormons. I don't even know why, but it was a deep, old prejudice that he shared with his peers. Once some proselytizing Mormons left a copy of The Book of Mormon with me, and when my dad, visiting, saw it on my bookshelf, he got the most upset I'd ever seen him. I had to tell him that someone just gave it to me, and that he could throw it away if he wanted. So for months I've been licking my lips over the prospect of Romney becoming the front runner, just to see all those Southern Baptists doing backflips trying to abandon the G.O.P. fast enough. And I laugh when my Northern friends talk about Romney as a viable candidate. I think if it came down to Mitt versus Hillary, Texas would have its lowest voter turnout in history.
