“If the “good Mormon” Mitt wants polygamy to get an official nod, he ought to just campaign for THAT and leave gays out of it.”
I think you almost nailed it. Legalizing homosexual marriage is just a next step towards legalizing polygamous marriage. If gays can get married, then why not polygamists be allowed to do the same (the logic goes).
Didn’t the LDS take limitless grief a few years ago for being the largest backer of the anti=gay marriage proposition in CA?