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The LDS church is not in danger of loosing its tax exempt status because Romney

Page history last edited by Mike 12 years, 2 months ago

The LDS church is not in danger of loosing its tax exempt status because of some Mormon choose to become involved in Governor Mitt Romney’s 2008 presidential bid.

Reasons to agree

  1. The church itself would have to explicitly endorse Governor Mitt Romney in order to loose it’s tax exempt status, not just members within the church.
  2. The most politically prominent Mormons in the country are not endorsing Governor Mitt Romney. The most powerful Mormon in America politics is Harry Reid, who is a democrat (which would make the whole endorsing Governor Mitt Romney kind of difficult). Harry read will endorse Hillary, All, or whoever the democrats decide to run. The next most powerful Mormon politician is John Huntsman, who has already, unfortunately, endorsed Senator John McCain.
  3. Mormons have a right to support Governor Mitt Romney
  4. The LDS church has always been politically neutral. It has never passed out voting guides, and there are many quotes from the church leaders and official declarations from the church stating that it does not endorse candidates, parties, and that its resources can not be used to advance any political candidate or agenda.
  5. In 1996, 2001, and 2002 Mormons represented 2% of the population. Mormons are a puny minority. Only about ½ of our population goes to church regularly, so that is about 1% of the US population. Politics are not discussed at our church. Specific senators, governors, and actions are never mentioned. Maybe once every 15 years you the church will take a stand on a moral issue. I’ve been a Romney supporter for the last year, and I have never heard anyone mention his name at church. If you did a survey of Church members most Mormons wouldn’t even know who he is. Some people from our church were helping a family move some of their belongings to a storage facility who were going through a devoice, and while we were waiting for another pick-up I asked if anyone there had heard of the Mormon Governor of Massachusetts, and only a couple of them had. None of the 10 or so guys there thought a Mormon had a chance at becoming president, and none of them cared. Many Mormons are bigoted towards Massachusetts and don’t think anything good can come out of Massachusetts.
  6. Any support that Romney gets from his fellow Mormons (less than 1% of the population who are Mormon, have heard of Romney, are politically active, and want to help him) will be more than counteracted by the 99% of people who disagree with the conclusions made by the Mormon church.
  7. Hitler accused the Jews of trying to gain political advantage in Germany as a justification for killing them.
  8. Mobs in Illinois and Missouri accused member of the Mormon church of larger political aspirations before killing them, stealing there property, and forcing them out of their homes in the middle of winter, and making them walk all the way to Utah.
  9. Members of minority groups should be allowed to seek out political office without being accused of being a member to a conspiracy to gain power. It would be wrong to pull out conspiracy theories every time a Jewish politician runs for office. It is wrong to accuse the Mormon church of a conspiracy when there is no evidence accept some old friends from college met…

 

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