I don't want to put down Mitt Romney's Mormon faith

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46. 15-20 percent?

Let me make a guess at how many Catholics, Baptists, or Lutherans (or whatever) actually go to church *and* tithe every week.... I'm guessing it's a similar (if vague and suspicious) number.

"Ann Romney's own parents were not allowed to witness her wedding, they had to wait outside of the Temple."

They probably weren't going to church, and tithing, every week, if they were even members.

"To become a "Temple" Mormon one has to be awarded a 'temple recommend', Bishop Mitt Romney was one of those gate keepers, and he had the authority to verify that the Mormon subject was telling the truth about giving 10% of their income to the religion, verification can go as far as the Bishop thinks it needs to go, including tax records."

I am guessing you have never been through the process yourself.

They can *ask* for the records, if they want to pry. Those records are based on *reported* income, not actual income. If you refuse to provide the records, you may still get a rubber stamp, or you can falsify the records, if you're in the mood for that.

They have no real power, no power to audit, no power to enforce, other than going on a hunch. If they piss off enough members, they get replaced (which happens with some regularity, anyways).