Your statement is wholly inaccurat.. and humorous.
Post like that paint not only a biased picture of Mormons but ‘every’ senator and represenative in Utah.
Maybe you are out of the loop?
Published: Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008 12:44 a.m. MST
LDS Church leaders have told legislative bosses that the "element of humanity" should be re-introduced to the state's immigration debates.
Before each general session, GOP and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate sit down separately with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints special affairs committee, a group made up of church general authorities, church public relations officials and their lobbyists, to discuss any items on the minds of both legislators and church leaders.
House Minority Whip David Litvack, D-Salt Lake, said the Democrats' meeting with church officials brought up several issues, but the immigration discussion was the most touching for him personally.
"I interpreted what was said as this: 'Take a step back, be calm, and above all remember that we are dealing with human beings here,"' said Litvack, who is Jewish and has himself called for cooler heads in dealing with the often emotional issue of illegal immigration.
House Majority Leader Dave Clark, R-Santa Clara, a member of the LDS Church himself, said immigration issues did not take up much time in the Republicans' meeting with church leaders. "But they did say we all need to approach this subject with compassion."
Can you trust what the Deseret News says, GMR?
“Can you trust what the Deseret News says, GMR?
In this case, I think so.
In every case can I trust the DN? Hell no. They do reprint a lot of AP stories as you might imagine. Some of their columnist are liberal also. etc, etc.
Anyway the story you reference paints a different picture than TN’s post.
Did Every senator and representative meet the Mormon leaders as TN claimed? Yes or No.
Does the Mormon church get involved in Every issue as TN claimed? Yes or No.
Does the Mormon church get involved? Yes.
I suspect that many churches get involved in some issues.
Here in UT it is mainly issues such as gambling, moral issues, abortion, sexually oriented businesses etc. It is a matter of degree. The degree painted by TN is not accurate in my opininon.
GF39. Do ‘active’ Mormons ever disagree and vote differently on issues? Yes or No.
If they vote differently what is the eclesiastical repercussion?
See Harry Reid. If I was king for a day he’d be booted out of the Mormon church for many reasons but the main one is that he is a threat to the freedom of the world. The USA is/was the “Last Best Hope on Earth” and he and his ilk are destroying that.
I am a lot of things but ‘out of the loop’ is not one of them. Probably more informed that 99% of the people out there. FReepers excepted of course.