Please provide examples where this has happened in the past with other LDS candidates. The only things I can think of is when the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints teamed up with other churches and went door to door to have people sign petitions against the gay marriage proposed law in California. In Utah, the LDS church has come out against relaxed liquor laws (Utah is not a dry state, one can get a drink.) And the LDS church has come out against gambling, lotteries, horse racing in the state of Utah. Mitt Romney does know the difference between federalism and states rights and laws. He's not going to change the liquor laws for the whole country nor gambling. He will stand up for marriage between one man and one woman. He is pro-life and will keep the executive order in place that won't let public funds go to pay for abortions.
He won't hold religious firesides by the TV either. Believe it or not, we do believe in the separation between church and state. However, we will work to change things if there is a moral reason to. I guess I don't get what you're all afraid of. Mitt Romney nor any other person who runs for President or Senate or Congress is going to try and convert their constituency.
“Please provide examples where this has happened in the past with other LDS candidates.”
since we’ve never had a mormon President, I think that would
be difficult!