[vette6387]

“What you have is open and specific sanction. That’s a bridge too far — and one I don’t see you acknowledging.”

I am not quite sure what you think I am failing to acknowledge? To my knowledge, the Catholic church employs no lay clergy. So I don’t see where Nancy Pelosi could ( should she so desire ) to have any role of that sort. Both she and Reid should have been excommunicated long, long ago for making public statements and taking actions that are in complete opposition to their respective church’s teachings. But here we are with the so-called “church leadership” hiding under their pulpits, afraid to do what their dogma requires of them. BTW, when Reid spoke at BYU, I called them to express my displeasure. They not so nicely told me to FO! Churches want to curry favor with politicians, so the allow these miscreants to flaunt church teachings whereas you or I would be gone in a heartbeat,
I have family in Nevada. Nevada was originally settled by the Mormons and there are a ton of them there. Las Vegas itself was originally a Mormon Settlement when the Mormons had this grand plan for The State of Deseret which would have encompassed half again as much territory as they got when Utah became a state. Also, FWIW, Reid had his college education paid for by the Mormon Church.

[Colofornian]

Nevada was originally settled by the Mormons and there are a ton of them there. Las Vegas itself was originally a Mormon Settlement when the Mormons had this grand plan for The State of Deseret which would have encompassed half again as much territory as they got when Utah became a state.

(I don't deem about 8% as a "ton"; but yes, we can blame historic Mormons for settling Las Vegas itself...)

To my knowledge, the Catholic church employs no lay clergy. So I don’t see where Nancy Pelosi could ( should she so desire ) to have any role of that sort.

Sure, they do. They have lectors, cantors, acolytes. And for more formal service, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops even has an entire FAQ laid out for ecclesiastical (lay) ministers:

Lay Ecclesial Ministry FAQs

So my analogy fits. (And no you failed in your attempt to discard it).

So I'll repeat it: Imagine the Roman Catholic church having Pelosi (or some rabid liberal proabortion Catholic pol) as a Lay Ecclesial minister.

I am not quite sure what you think I am failing to acknowledge?

Well, bottom line, you seemed to be saying, "Hey, the Mormons should have excommunicated Reid just like the Catholics re: Pelosi. But neither have. So we're looking at common grounds here."

I'm saying, "no, it's NOT common situation" because the Lds church has gone MUCH further to specifically and openly sanction Harry Reid than the Catholic church has Pelosi.

[Osage Orange]

I have family in Nevada. Nevada was originally settled by the Mormons and there are a ton of them there

Nevada was settled by American Indians and others long before mormons came on the scene. Get your facts right.

[Elsie]

To my knowledge, the Catholic church employs no lay clergy.

Conversely...

To my knowledge, the MORMON church 'employs' ONLY lay clergy.