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I care strongly about a candidate's religious affiliation.
Religion as an adult is a voluntary ideological association. And since ideas are what drive our actions it is pretty darn important in a political candidate. Look no further than the devout Christianity of George Bush and his homophobic policies.
And if you claim to be a member of a religion and yet don't believe/follow what it teaches, then you are a stinking hypocrite. Is Romney really a Mormon if the church doesn't speak for him? And if it doesn't speak for him then why the hell is he a Mormon?
It is the same with Catholics who use birth-control and other people too callow to go it alone I guess but of course not mature enough to see how their continued affiliation helps bolster archaic, often harmful institutions in need of change.