Former Congressman Ben McAdams discusses the latest political participation statement from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, especially its denunciation of straight-ticket voting.
Former U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams speaks in Salt Lake City in April 2023. The Latter-day Saint Democrat says straight-ticket voting is eroding democracy.Despite their church regularly proclaiming its political neutrality, Latter-day Saints have been among the most reliably Republican voting blocs — with a number of members either overtly casting a straight GOP ticket or, in essence, doing so by simply backing the candidates with an “R” after their names.has issued a strongly worded letter to U.S.
There are some who certainly maybe grew up LDS and aren’t currently or moved here from out of state and they feel excluded from a culture and a majority that is so prevalent in Utah that seems to, if not the church, but maybe members of the church, who seem to drive policy on a basis of faith, that they feel excluded, and I think many of them find refuge in the Democratic Party.
I’d like to see more people speaking up. As much as I’m a Democrat and would love to see more members of the church move to the Democratic Party, I don’t want my church leaders to say, “you should vote for Democrats,” any more than I want them to say, “You should vote for Republicans.” But to speak up for political diversity. Let’s not be ostracizing members of the church who have a different political background. Let’s be welcoming of different ideas….
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Presidential record-keeping laws may be overhauled after Trump indictment: Congressman Turner“What my committee is doing on a bipartisan basis is looking at how did this occur [and] what laws need to be changed,” Chairman Mike Turner told CNN’s “State of the Union&…
Read more »
'Secret Invasion': Kingsley Ben-Adir Compares Gravik to a Cult Leader'Secret Invasion's Kingsley Ben-Adir compares Gravik to a cult leader.
Read more »
'Secret Invasion': Kingsley Ben-Adir Details Gravik's Extremely Dark, Loveless HeadspaceKingsley Ben-Adir details Gravik's dark, loveless headspace in 'Secret Invasion.'
Read more »
'Secret Invasion': Kingsley Ben-Adir on Why Gravik Hates His Right Hand Man, Pagon'Secret Invasion's Kingsley Ben-Adir on why Gravik hates his right hand man, Pagon.
Read more »
The Other Two Recap: Sting Like Applebee’sWho among us has never wanted to chloroform Ben Platt?
Read more »