On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:25:29 -0700, Chambers wrote:

> Historically, the LDS Church has never been about telling people what to
> specifically do (ie, how to vote), but rather how they should live their
> lives, and letting members apply those teachings appropriately.

That's the rather insidious part.  I don't mean this as a a personal 
attack, as I said, I have many friends who are members (and my father-in-
law is a bishop), but telling people how to live their lives and then 
charging the membership to go forth and apply those teachings *is* 
telling people what to do and what they should support.

That it's not direct direction doesn't mean they're not saying "do what 
we say" - "this is what is good", and then "do what you think is right" 
is pushing a particular social agenda.

Jim

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