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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.