Were selected Brigham Young University Idaho student's "Saints for Ron Paul" a national coalition.
News of the launch of the alliance comes in the wake of the Pew Research Center poll that examines attitudes about themselves Mormons and politics.
In the study, surveyed 86 percent of Mormons have a positive opinion of Mitt Romney, the frontrunner in the primaries for the Republican presidency.
Last hope Republican John Huntsman is a Mormon.
"The launch of the latest on Ron Paul reveals a slice of the electorate is not monopolized by any particular candidate," the campaign said in a press release issued by the Paul campaign Friday.
"As members of the Church LDS teaches us to support candidates who defend the Constitution of the United States. There is no doubt, and I know that Congressman Paul is better than a lawyer, and no one fought bravely for more freedoms constitutional," said BYU - Idaho Dustin Petersen in a press release .
Press release also mentioned a high level of Quincy, Washington, had served in the Mormon mission in Ecuador.
Although the Alliance Facebook page cites the Mormon leaders on issues such as freedom and the Constitution, and the church itself in a year, and take a neutral position in politics.
The Church as "an attempt to lead its members as the candidate or the party that should give them a voice (a) This policy applies whether or not a candidate for the office of a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints."
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