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The Mormon Church is officially politically neutral and neither endorses any one party or platform wherever it is established throughout the world. Further, the Mormon Church does not allow for its buildings to be used for any political activity at any time under any circumstance regardless of geographic location. The Mormon Church does though retain its right to speak out on major social issues that it feels it has a duty to protect due to their importance as established in Mormon canon. (One recent example of this is the role played by the LDS Church in the gay marriage debate.) Individual Mormons are free to practice politics as they wish and the Church neither encourages nor requires that Mormons follow or endorse any one party, candidate or platform. Mormon politics in this sense of the word is an oxymoron. (In the United States the general perception is that Mormons tend to align more with the Republican Party’s stances though there are faithful Mormon Democrats, most notably Harry Reid.) Famous Mormon politicians include at the very least Mitt Romney, Harry Reid and Jon M. Huntsman Jr. in the United States. Further, political commentator Glenn Beck is a Mormon convert.
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Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman Jr., both of whom are Mormon, have been garnering much attention as of late as potential candidates for the 2012 election. Here are some Romney & Huntsman resources and questions looking forward.
Political Neutrality of the Mormon Church
The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints has officially taken a neutral stance [...]
I thought the following article stated what others don’t say often enough: too many people get a free pass when talking about “the Mormons” when if they were to say something similar about (insert your minority or race or religion here) there would be an uproar.
The LDS Church is not new to persecution and it [...]
Since it seems that The LDS Church continues to get pummelled from various sources I thought it prudent to post some resources that are pro-LDS.
The LDS Church recently put up a news release highlighting various 3rd party sources and their opinions on the unfairness that Mormons (and Blacks) be singled out as bigots (or insert your adjective [...]
As time rolls on, we see over and over again that the “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” is an inspired document. Here are some excerpts that directly apply to what we are seeing today in California.
“We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of [...]
The LDS Church has put up a new website defending traditional marriage with Proposition 8 in California soon to be voted on.
Check it out here:
Preserving the Divine Institute of Marriage
