What happened to the tax exempt status of the First AME Church with Democrats openly campaigning from the pulpit and front steps of the church buildings? The standard policy inside an LDS building is NO discussion of politics. Period. There are exceptionally sensitive about the issue. The know there are vultures who would love nothing better than to pull the tax exempt status of the LDS church. There are probably some lurking on this very thread.
Do the quotes on post #15 sound like Mormon leaders for years have been "worrying" about overreach on political matters? (Not on your life!)
ME..ME....Pick MEEE.....the mormon church is a for-profit corporation thinly disguised as a religious entity.
How Corporatism Has Undermined and Subverted The Church of Jesus Christ
"Smith's new book is titled The Book of Mammon: A Book About A Book About The Corporation That Owns The Mormons. If you had no idea before now that the Church was actually owned by a corporation, read on. It gets worse.
And if you harbor the happy illusion that all Church policy is the result of prayerful consideration by the general authorities, be prepared to have those illusions shattered. Much of what has been handed down to us in the way of “inspired” Church programs originated in Marketing or some other department of the Church Office Building and was later approved by the G.A.'s.
The standard policy inside an LDS building is NO discussion of politics. Period.
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That may be the official policy, but I have been in the pews when ‘voting guides’ came down from SLC on things like gambling initiatives.
There is official policy and there is how things really work in the LDS church.