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FLASHBACK 2000: Republicans declare good Mormons can't vote Democrat. LDS leaders say otherwise, but will their flock take heed?
Like the Nephites in their scriptures, many Utah Mormons disregard the counsel of their leadership, abdicate their responsibilities as thinking, concerned citizens of a democracy, and turn their governance over to a one-party oligarchy. Those who blame the LDS church for this are wrong. The church has stated often and clearly that it backs no party and wants political balance among the saints, though many of its members in Utah pay no heed.
Like the Nephites in their scriptures, many Utah Mormons disregard the counsel of their leadership, abdicate their responsibilities as thinking, concerned citizens of a democracy, and turn their governance over to a one-party oligarchy. Those who blame the LDS church for this are wrong.
The church has stated often and clearly that it backs no party and wants political balance among the saints, though many of its members in Utah pay no heed. Alexander Nibley In commemoration of City Weekly's 40th anniversary, we are digging into our archives to celebrate.
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