When it comes to religion and politics, it's hard to talk about the contests without naming the players and their teams. Yet, in an attempt at doing the impossible, church historian Martin Marty elected to deliver a 45-minute lecture on this hot-button topic, doing just that. To read entire story please click here.

A short editorial from the Paradise Post Editorial Board giving props to Americans for coming so far in getting rid of our prejudices, giving ourselves the option to vote for either a woman or a black man in the run for the presidency, yet not far enough to vote for a Mormon based on his religion. Click here to read entire editorial.

Utah has no presidential birthplaces, libraries or tombs to visit on Presidents Day. But Utahns could still spend the holiday by following some presidential tracks left locally.

Comments made by an LDS Church leader this week again stirred debate in Mormon circles about whether the church should baptize illegal immigrants or allow them to enter its temples.

Thoughtful column in the Orange County Register by Frank Mickadeit (neither Mormon nor Republican) reluctantly acknowledging the impact of anti-Mormonism on Romney's campaign. Mickadeit expresses hope for a day when anti-Mormonism is beaten down to "single-digit percentiles." Read the column from the Register here.

Now that Governor Romney is off the campaign trail - we can, without commenting on him or the part his church and faith played in his demise, do a retrospective on the Mormon-hate that blighted air waves, the internet, and some printed quotations while he was spotlit.

Associated Press religion writer Rachel Zoll looks at the impact of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign on the LDS Church.