Proposition 8 and Romney

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

MY BiL, who lives in SoCal, is convinced that the Church's support of proposition 8 has everything to do with helping get McCain elected and encouraging Romney as a VP pick. MY BiL's thinking is that supporting prop 8 helps distance Romney from some of his mid-90s wishy-washiness on gay issues and sets the Church up to demonstrate that it is a values-voter powerhouse that rivals Dobson's organization.

What think ye?

I think your brother is onto something here. I sense some softening of the Saints resolve over the last decade. A real good in your face prophecy fulfilled is needed. Nothing like the constitution on a string and being saved by an Elder to strengthen membership.