Read this essay and then answer the question.
http://www.zionsbest.com/proper_role.html
Unfortunately, the current leadership of the LDS Church is not nearly so clear on the proper role of government. The church whose people were once subjected to military attack by federal forces bent on stopping them from practicing the polygamy aspect of their faith, is now far more interested in rallying its forces to keep government in the business of regulating and licensing marriages, than in preventing the onward march of socialism.