I’ll admit that I’ve been taken aback by all the controversy surrounding Mitt Romney’s Mormonism and suggestions that it might be a handicap for his presidential candidacy.

Maybe because I’ve been living overseas for more than eight years, I was until recently under the impression that America’s culture wars were being fought mostly on the grounds of ethics (especially sexual ethics), not theology.

But a YouTube video I came across the other day gives a vivid picture of what Mormons are still up against in their efforts for acceptance by many other Americans. This is just one anecdote, of course, but its gives a sense of the passions that can arise over such questions.

(It’s also an example of what an astonishingly rich medium YouTube can be.)