The latest dust-up on the already tedious 2012 presidential campaign trail was triggered several days ago when a pastor and Rick Perry supporter told interviewers that Christians should refrain from voting for Mormon candidates like Mitt Romney (and presumably, Jon Huntsman too) for president because, he asserted, Mormonism is a cult.

As a Christian pastor myself (Lutheran), I decided to address the two questions raised by that controversial statement: Is Mormonism a cult? Should Christians refrain from voting for non-Christians?

As always, I reserve the right to be wrong and you can find my take on those two questions here.