(RNS) The good news for Mitt Romney: he’s the Republican front-runner. The bad news for Romney: evangelicals remain reluctant to support him.

The pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, TX, and a Rick Perry supporter has called Mormonism a non-Christian “cult.” A Florida pastor says a vote for Romney is “a vote for Satan.” The associate publisher of a leading evangelical magazine said a Romney presidency would “normalize the false teachings of Mormonism.” A former staffer for Newt Gingrich’s campaign said thousands of evangelical pastors stand ready to “expose the cult of Mormon.”

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