I understand that the Church does not endorse any political policy, except in cases where a moral issue is involved. There is a strong effort to avoid the suggestion that the platform of a particular political party represents or has the unilateral backing of the Church. This has been the policy of the Church as long as I have been aware.
I do not recall any general Church statments from the First Presidency that have mentioned any particular concern or direction with regard to partisan politics. It has long been my impression that we should deliberate on important political matters independent of any partisan considerations. To fulfill this directive Church members are encouraged to be personally involved in local politics. That has been the extent of the counsel. Elder Jensen, a Church General Authority and Utah Democrat, in a statement to the media, reemphasized this point. He also shared a personal concern of "some of the brethren" about the possible unwanted ill effects stemming from lack of political diversity in the Utah political scene. He expressed the thought that it was unfortunate for Church members to have unjustified negative impressions of the Democratic party, since some good people choose to affiliate therein.h He did not, however, suggest in any way for members to support Democratic partisan policy, split themselves evenly between parties, join the Democrats, or vote for Democrat candidates, since that would have contradicted other points of his statement, and the long-standing general counsel. Elder Jensen did not elaborate about which "brethren" he was referring to, nor did he develop this thought much further, and I don't recall any other statements from the Church augmenting his brief reference. What I got from his statement was that it's just fine for Church members to be Democrats, if they so choose. And it's also fine if they choose something else. --- Mij Ebaboc ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
