BLAINE: Kevin, what do you expect? You SPs do the powerplay thing to the hilt!!! You play every card you can, and then some. Do you think the LDS Church should just roll over and play Mr. Nice Guy? First you guys criticize the Church for not using its strength to get involved in public issues--that came out last time I was on TT. Now, you complain when they do get involved. Which way do you want it?
Rocky Anderson, by the way, is a former attorney for that oh-so-wonderful American organization called the Civil Liberties Union. Does that tell you anything? BLAINE: The LDS Church really throws the SPs a lot of curved balls, in this game, huh? LOL They just don't play fair at all, according to Kevin. No according to the mayor & many others it is a Theocracy not a democracy in Utah Rocky Anderson on the LDS Church: "It's the only organization, I think, that seems to automatically get its way among most elected officials." The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2551464 bills yanked after church speaks up Rocky ruffled: "Everyone knows that's the way it is" On Wednesday, Anderson held his last public forum on bridging the divide among Mormons and others and one theme was the alienation some non-Mormons feel when they believe Mormon values run the state. To heal, Anderson said it is "crucial" to move away public officials allowing the church to "control" public policy. Anderson adds that he would "like to see a council that's going to do the right things by the city rather than jump to the tune of whoever might call from the LDS Church." During Anderson's mayoral tenure, LDS leaders have weighed in on two high-profile policy debates: the Main Street Plaza furor and the fight over Nordstrom's downtown location. http://www.sltrib.com/search/ci_2556099 The percentage of active Mormons in the Legislature is far higher than that of the statewide population. perception of private agreements between the church and the so-called secular elective body has at times caused apoplexy among those who believe their voices are ignored because of the church-state relationship. two officials in the LDS Church's public relations department phoned two senators while they were on the floor and told them privately the church did not want the bill to pass. The session ended and the bill died without a vote. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600110544,00.html Anderson maintains there are some LDS council members who will never vote against the LDS Church's wishes. "I know some people are offended that I say this, but at the same time everybody knows it's true," he said. Such "blind" following of the LDS Church's wishes builds resentment in non-LDS residents, Anderson says, so he wants more religious diversity to lessen non-LDS disenchantment. "I was informed that it was basically dead on arrival after a council member spoke with a representative of the LDS Church," Anderson said. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
