Utah Republicans for Obama
The Republican party in Utah is not the same as the Republican party in the rest of the United States, nor is it the same as the Republicanism of Reagan—because the Republican party in Utah has run unopposed for the past thirty years.
Opposition, the natural checks and balances put in place by God when he created the earth, and by our founding fathers when they wrote the constitution, keeps us healthy, and keeps government from corruption.
An example of this corruption is personified in Steve Clark, professional politician and Republican Congressman for the Utah House of Representatives District 63.
Now, two months later, Clark is considering dropping out of his office in a run for mayor of Provo.
His office will be given to an official not elected by the people. This unelected usurper will have the advantage in the next election of being an incumbent, and the obedient herd in Provo will undoubtedly elect him.
Those of you who voted for him can expect the following letter from Clark within the next few weeks.
Most Utahns vote Republican by default. It is a tradition as strong as their Mormon faith, which they also believe without question. Such mindless obedience has not only corrupted Utah politics, it also weakens the rising generation of faithful, who never gain testimonies because they never question the church.
Never questioning the church is ridiculous, since over 60,000 missionaries worldwide daily challenge non-Mormons to do just that; to question, could this really be true? And many of those who take the challenge find their faith strengthened, and a testimony is born.
Now is a time to question our faith, and our politics. And maybe we will find that our fear of the church not being true is as ridiculous as any monsters under the bed. And maybe we will find our fear of Democrats, and the hearsay we believe about them to be just as unfounded as the dreadful stuff that antiMormons say about the church.
Barack Obama will be inaugurated this Tuesday. I know some here in Utah who rub their hands in anticipation of him falling on his face, in a hope that their dream of a President Romney will come true in four years. We do not need to wish evil upon our enemies, but to pray for them. And I pray that you will give him a chance. Romney will have his turn, though he may have to wait eight years.
I am proud of one Utahn who has thrown some support behind Obama: Senator Orrin Hatch, who has come out in support of Obama's picks for cabinet positions.
Three cheers for an open mind, and the courage to doubt and question the unfamiliar. May we make and keep the resolution to love our enemies, by getting to know them.
Opposition, the natural checks and balances put in place by God when he created the earth, and by our founding fathers when they wrote the constitution, keeps us healthy, and keeps government from corruption.
An example of this corruption is personified in Steve Clark, professional politician and Republican Congressman for the Utah House of Representatives District 63.
Clark, holding the official seal of Provo City
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This last November, Clark won a campaign against Democratic opponent Don Jarvis on the platform that he was a Republican. His incumbency helped him gain the victory. Both men are friends, in the same stake, and have served dutifully in the church and other important positions.-
Now, two months later, Clark is considering dropping out of his office in a run for mayor of Provo.
His office will be given to an official not elected by the people. This unelected usurper will have the advantage in the next election of being an incumbent, and the obedient herd in Provo will undoubtedly elect him.
Those of you who voted for him can expect the following letter from Clark within the next few weeks.
Most Utahns vote Republican by default. It is a tradition as strong as their Mormon faith, which they also believe without question. Such mindless obedience has not only corrupted Utah politics, it also weakens the rising generation of faithful, who never gain testimonies because they never question the church.Never questioning the church is ridiculous, since over 60,000 missionaries worldwide daily challenge non-Mormons to do just that; to question, could this really be true? And many of those who take the challenge find their faith strengthened, and a testimony is born.
Now is a time to question our faith, and our politics. And maybe we will find that our fear of the church not being true is as ridiculous as any monsters under the bed. And maybe we will find our fear of Democrats, and the hearsay we believe about them to be just as unfounded as the dreadful stuff that antiMormons say about the church.
Barack Obama will be inaugurated this Tuesday. I know some here in Utah who rub their hands in anticipation of him falling on his face, in a hope that their dream of a President Romney will come true in four years. We do not need to wish evil upon our enemies, but to pray for them. And I pray that you will give him a chance. Romney will have his turn, though he may have to wait eight years.I am proud of one Utahn who has thrown some support behind Obama: Senator Orrin Hatch, who has come out in support of Obama's picks for cabinet positions.
Three cheers for an open mind, and the courage to doubt and question the unfamiliar. May we make and keep the resolution to love our enemies, by getting to know them.
Your post just made me want to go read my scriptures.
ReplyDeleteLove ya.
The current SCOTUS threshold for a MUST STAY of BHO’s inauguration is not whether he is ultimately determined constitutionally ineligible to be POTUS, merely whether there now is SERIOUS QUESTION on his constitutional eligibility, since any determination of inelligibility AFTER inauguration would pose unnecessary civil and military difficulties.
ReplyDeleteGrowing up here in Provo, most of the kids who said they were Democrats were also off-the-deep-end-apostate. You're right-- testimonies shouldn't be so tied to politics.
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