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Mixing Religion and Partisan Politics
Over at SLC Spin, Ethan has an interesting post asking if there’s a relationship between the battle immigration and Pres. Hinckley’s comments at conference over the weekend regarding racism:
A hot topic right now is immigration. The Church is surely wary of the fact that many of the illegal immigrants in Utah are Mormons. The immigration debate is sliding in and out of racism laced insanity and has everyone on edge.
Is the Church worried that the most frantic voices in the immigration debate are the same people who fraudulently carry the Church’s banner into the political breach?
Is the Church worried the political actions of their people will pigeon hole them forever in the Mountain West, stalling missionary efforts? Is the Church worried they will end up like Evangelical Christians whose political activities prevent them from getting traction outside of the South?From slcspin: The Church And Politics
Referenced Wed Apr 05 2006 21:37:00 GMT-0600 (MDT)
I, of course, can’t speak for the church, but I worry about that. Most of the hardline immigration folk will tell you it’s not about race, but my experience is that race is always lurking just below the surface. Linking a “conservatism is religiously sustained” message to an “immigration is bad” message is sure to hurt the LDS church and it’s members.
Frankly, I’ve never understood why some conservatives consider being tough on immigration a conservative issue. I consider myself politically conservative and think that the future of our economy and well-being rests of liberal (small “l”) immigration policy.
Posted by windley on April 5, 2006 09:35 PM
