You don’t have to agree with their religious views, but ignoring the way they vote seems somewhat irresponsible to me.
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Thank you for your level headed comment.
One thing I will say about the LDS (positive) is their ability to be consistent when voting as a bloc. This got them in trouble in the early days in MO, IL and OH, as well as some problems out in “deseret” (now Utah, parts of AZ, CA, NV), but even now, as shown by Prop 8 in CA, when they choose to vote a certain way they do so almost unanimously. That can work for the Conservatives.
“when they choose to vote a certain way they do so almost unanimously. That can work for the Conservatives.”
That can also work for America. Just hope we (Americans) vote Conservative.
Agreed. I just find myself chagrined much of the time here of Freerepublic when conservatives can’t come together on conservative issues because of religious differences. If an atheist is pro-life and small government and a Catholic is pro-abortion and big government, I knock doors with the atheist, no matter our differing religious beliefs. He came to the conclusion that killing babies is wrong for his reason, and I look to Christ for mine. The important thing is that we agree on a correct principle and we should work together.
Religious discussion is great in the religion forums or where it pertains to the issue at hand, but too often it’s the divider when we should be coming together. I’m not saying that the Mormons are the control-all in dividing the conservative movement, but if we ostracize enough small groups, our vote will be fractured enough to ensure defeat.
All that being said, I don’t believe that the current power of two parties is healthy for our nation.
/rant