I was wondering the same thing just the other day. It occurred to me that our current commander-in-chief has some privacy when he’s at his ranch in TX, so perhaps Mitt could, during similar “off-hours” get a chance to visit the temple. Likely not the temple in DC, but perhaps in Boston? His home is very close to the temple there, and I’m not at all opposed for “special circumstances” where they’d allow for “unscheduled” sessions for a sitting U.S. president.

That doesn’t do anything to resolve the media asking uncomfortable questions, however. I’m afraid that, should Mitt even be nominated, the temple will become a matter of public discussion more than we’re comfortable with.

Jacob M – I was thinking that particularly for a female democratic LDS president…

jw – you are probably right that we will see a lot more of the Temple ceremony in the future than we are comfortable with…

Nitsav – my apologies, I did not know you had covered off on the subject already.

Yes, we’ll find that they will attend – perhaps going to the smaller Temples in more remote locations. Might be that special arrangements would be made to attend on a day when the Temple is usually closed – like a Monday.

They certainly will know and be sensitive to what is appropriate.

In recent times Presidents have suggested that they could not attend local DC churches as it was disruptive – it might be that a “branch” could be formed composed of the President and LDS employees.

From what I recall, when Bill Clinton attended religious services, a Secret Service team would arrive unannounced at some arbitrary chapel, examine the place, and then in would walk the President.

I remember when FPR had that discussion, boy, those things had never even occurred to me. I know I’d hate to live in the same ward as the president of the United States, I can only see chaos. The concept of a small white house branch sounds like a pretty good idea. On The West Wing, they had a small White House AA group.

Mary – you are absolutely correct…