Roberta Combs is president of the Christian Coalition, a political action organization that describes itself as “pro-family.” According to news releases on its website, the coalition has several times agreed with statements made by Mitt Romney.

John Ankerberg is president of the Ankerberg Theological Research Institute in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He has a daily radio and television show.

Trent Wisecup is the former director of Romney’s Massachusetts political action committee. He is a principal at Navigators Global.

Mike Murphy is a Republican political consultant with Navigators Global who has advised candidates, including John McCain, Jeb Bush, former Michigan Gov. John Engler and Romney. In February 2006, Murphy stepped away from Romney’s campaign.

Lane Williams teaches communications at Brigham Young University-Idaho. He is a former reporter and has conducted research into media coverage of the LDS (he is a Mormon) and Romney’s candidacy.

Read a September 2010 Religion News Service story posted by The Huffington Post about the increasing prominence of Mormonism in the national arena.

Read a March 26, 2011, New York Times column by Maureen Down on “the Mormon moment.”

The Broadway musical The Book of Mormon won Tony Awards nine at the June 12, 2011, awards ceremony.

The Broadway musical The Book of Mormon earned 14 Tony award nominations, close to a record.