I am so tired of people trying to fit Democratic Mormons into the Church. It's as if we are outcasts or something. As if we all think somewhat contrary to the doctrine of the Church. But because we exist and confidently so we must be explained by scripture or by long thought out study.
I'm tired of people thinking I'm being dissentious or trying to understand how if all of God's children are to be of "one heart and one mind" I can exist. I am not inhuman. Being democratic is not some desire to be a "counter" voice. I don't think that the Church is Republican. Not one bit. Nor do I think that my political alliance makes a more drastic statement on my membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
It's absurd to think that the Church must squeeze itself into a two-party system. It has also been too long that Church members in the United States trump their "this is the chosen land and therefore the majority of things about it are chosen" card. Having spent a good deal of time in other places with members of the church that don't give a hoot about the political nature of the American Mormons it seems ridiculous that people get hung up on this issue.
So... individuals trying to figure Harry Reid out, me out, or any other happy to be an American, Mormon, democrat I say give it a rest. Or at least stop patronising the political association of your "mysterious brothers and sisters." If you have anything to ask, ask about the issues. I think you'll find that Democrats feel just as much disturbance and party confusion at their supposed more "conservative brothers and sisters."
An excellent video on this subject and a more articulate description of my feelings on it is found on Barack Obama's website.
The movie clip is called Speech: Religion and Polics
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