One ex-Mormon wrote in Why I Left the Mormon Church: "But the ultimate
goal of the church, as stated publicly by its early leaders Joseph Smith
and Brigham Young (but not mentioned so publicly by more recent Mormon
leaders), is to establish the Mormon Kingdom of God in America, and to
govern the world as God's appointed representatives. The church is
already influential in the making of secular policy, as was proven not
so long ago when the Equal Rights Amendment was defeated with decisive
help from the Mormon church. To me, the possibility that the Mormon
church might control America is a frightening prospect." http://apoliticalcommentary.blogspot.com/2012/01/mitt-romney-anti-christ.html