[Colofornian]

From the commentary: It was not until the mid- to late-1970s that the Democratic party fell out of favor among Utah Mormon voters.

This is so. Lds were highly focused on the Democrats going back to the late 1850s and early 1860s (even though they weren't officially a state until the 1890s). They were anti-Republican, in part, because the fledgling Repubs had labeled polygamy as slavery as the "twin relics of barbarism"

From the commentary: "I am a Democrat," stated Senator Harry Reid, "because I am a Mormon, not in spite of it." Like Reid, I believe that the Democratic party takes the strongest position on many moral issues. For example, King Benjamin's address in the Book of Mormon...

Hmmm...Doesn't take a cultural moral detective to render this statement as "suspect."

From the article: Finally, I am a Democrat because I believe LDS scripture and prophets have urged us to live within our means, to be fiscally responsible. Democrats believe we need to pay for any programs we create

(Oh yeah, that's what Dems are..."fiscally responsible...do we have "amens" from the Mormon Tabernacle?)

[Slump Tester]

I thought it said “Why I’m a moron democrat.”

[barnicus]

DEMOCRAT = No money for you. Fiscally greedy. (but it’s for the children /s)

[dalebert]

ba

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Whatever.

[EGPWS]

Oh, “Mormon”....

[Clintonfatigued]

“I believe LDS scripture and prophets have urged us to live within our means, to be fiscally responsible. Democrats believe we need to pay for any programs we create, and Democratic administrations have, since the Great Depression, consistently lowered deficit spending, while the Reagan and two Bush administrations have greatly increased it. Democrats have a strong record of fiscal responsibility.”

How long ago was this article written?

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Democrats have a strong record of fiscal responsibility

BWHAHAHAHAHA.

[WVKayaker]

[Bender2]

As far as I am concerned this day and time, anyone who calls themselves a Democrat, does not believe in God nor in the United States of America or the Constitution as the law of the land.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Harry Reid is his hero?

[RoadTest]

Sir . . .Boyd Peterson - Sir . . . The Democrats feed the poor by taking money from people who have earned it. Jesus never taught that, Sir.

[Jagdgewehr]

"to seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom, seek learning even by study and also by faith"

In other words, seek and value truth. Not a widely practiced virtue by most Democrats. Nothing like ignorance and self delusion supported by outright mendacity in the written form. What irony.

[broncobilly]

It was not until the mid- to late-1970s that the Democratic party fell out of favor among Utah Mormon voters.

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And I wonder why?
Petersen doesn't seem to be aware that in 1969 the Democrat party was taken over by the Chicago Seven. We see today the final culmination of that take over by the radicals, in full, bold neon letters.
Some will never wake up.

[Graybeard58]

more narrowly focused on sexual issues like abortion.

Wrong there and that's early in the article, gotta go back and see where else he's wrong.

[Madly57]

Mormonism is heresy, plain and simple. It’s central theological axiom of Eternal Progression is so far removed from the truth taught by Jesus that it’s unrepentant adherent will be consigned to a Christless eternity. On the political front- how can someone who claims to believe in God support a party which has been hijacked by Godless Marxists who support a whole host of positions that run contrary to the word of God? (abortion,gay marriage,etc.) Wake up and smell the coffee!! “You will know them by their fruit”

[gusopol3]

Anybody who sees himself as a member of an interest group rather than an individual is bound to feel more comfortable as a Democrat.

[Graybeard58]

Furthermore, there are moral issues that, I believe, are better represented by the Democrats than by Republicans.

Wrong again and that's just within the first two paragraphs.

[piytar]

Seriously, this person is one delusional moron. I mean wow, just WOW.

[A.Hun]

This guy is an idiot.

No one of faith can honestly support the Democrats when one of their greatest goals is to eliminate belief in God.

[Graybeard58]

Implicit in this statement is the notion that gospel truth may be found in the Democratic party's platform.

Wrong again. "Gospel" means good news, concerning the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The democrat platform is utterly without that.