Friday, March 02, 2012
Santorum vs LDS
4 Comments:
By 
, at
Fri Mar 02, 10:10:00 AM:
I tend to be more wary of your posts than those from others here, but I waded into that link...and about halfway through was convinced it's a hatchet job. I stopped reading after that.
As a disclaimer, I am LDS.
I doubt the objectivity of the author. Many of the statements were very similar, yet Santorum's always earned scorn. The last straw was when she disingenuously misquoted Santorum on race. I'm not a Santorum supporter, but the bias shown is indefensible.
I had a long thought going here on whether this site purporting to be a Mormon blog discussion Mormon issues is going well off doctrine, but I've decided to spare you. I'm sure you're not interested, or would read it as me being judgmental. At least they do pull official (often modern) LDS sources for comparison.
But the author/site is clearly biased against socially conservative ideals, while struggling to square that with the stance her church takes.
By 
Aegon01, at
Fri Mar 02, 02:12:00 PM:
Well I'm biased against social conservative ideals too, 'cause I think a government that lets me do more things is better than a government that prevents me from doing things an important voting demographic doesn't like. But if the social conservative I'm arguing with is reasonable and can give some decent reasons without quoting scripture every sentence, then I have to give them respect.
But I think the whole point of a blog is to make some argument one way or another in an issue. Yeah, the quotes she had for Santorum were cherry-picked and she was probably looking for the more reasonable quotes from LDS.org to try to reconcile that, like you said. She has an agenda, just like everyone else.
By MTF, at
Fri Mar 02, 02:22:00 PM:
Whoa! Stop and think!
"I think a government that lets me do more things is better than a government that prevents me from doing things"
The federal government has a constitutional responsibility to stay completely neutral in how you live your life. Telling you anything at all is none of their business.
Sure, states and localities have a responsibility to keep the peace but even those governments have no business telling you how to live beyond simple, commonly understood laws.
Stop and think: One mans good idea is another mans tyranny. Maybe it's best if the "government" just shuts up.
By Aegon01, at
Sat Mar 03, 02:56:00 AM:
That's essentially what I was saying. That's just a semantics point, but I see what you mean.
