Is SU right, will Mormons have a hard time supporting a woman?

[Clark Addison]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Here's the box McCain/Palin have put the LDS Church into. They used the importance of General Conference and the power of the pulpit there, sandwiching Sister Beck in between the Fathers of the Church, to raise her stark message to the level of--what?--something a lot bigger than don't drink tea, though probably not quite at the level of Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery. Having a woman do it under those circumstances was especially terrible (in the poetic sense).

Now we have a woman who's a mother of five, including a disabled four month infant, who chose to have that infant rather than terminate it, believes creationism should be "discussed" in the schools, etc., running for vice-president. Is Sarah "Barracuda" Palin a bad person, or is Sister Beck's pitch not as open and shut as Sister Beck and the Brethren wanted to make everybody think?

The upshot is another chink in the LDS Church's battered credibility. Something similar to this scenario gets replayed over and over again. Someday a wonderful person will win the presidency who is a Republican and was raised in a great, conservative home . . . with gay parents.

You should maybe read Sr. Beck's talk again. Or once. In the words or Inigo Montoya, I do not think it means what you think it means.

[All-American]

Originally Posted by Clark Addison

You should maybe read Sr. Beck's talk again.

I suspect that there is one vital step that SU must perform before being able to read Sister Beck's talk a second time. Anybody care to guess what it might be?

[FMCoug]

Originally Posted by Tex

Did I miss something? Is Palin LDS?

No but what's the over/under on how soon the email rumors start that she is. From Idaho, 5 kids, etc.

[FMCoug]

Originally Posted by All-American

I suspect that there is one vital step that SU must perform before being able to read Sister Beck's talk a second time. Anybody care to guess what it might be?

Swallow the General Conference issue of the Ensign and wait about 24 hours?

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by All-American

I suspect that there is one vital step that SU must perform before being able to read Sister Beck's talk a second time. Anybody care to guess what it might be?

Something about the cranium and rectum?

[All-American]

Well, it was a lot simpler than that. He needs to read it once before he can read it again.

[Sleeping in EQ]

Palin is Assembly of God.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Palin is a tough spot just because no doubt many Mormons were hoping the pick would be Romney.

Agreed.

No matter that in Mormon culture a woman who wasn't home with her 5 kids, one of them with Downs Syndrome, would be looked at askance.

Is this how it is in Dallas for Mormons? Or any other religion? Or are you just stating opinion (again but claiming it to be fact)?

But does conservative ideology and intelligence outweight all of that? As far as the voting booth goes, most Mormons would still punch GOP.

A vote cast for a ticket with a woman as VP is a vote cast for a ticket with a woman as VP no matter the reason. Just because you believe that most Mormons are GOP sheep doesn't mean it's true, but if you want to believe it, that's ok.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by All-American

Well, it was a lot simpler than that. He needs to read it once before he can read it again.

I dunno. He can't read it a first time without pulling his head out.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Agreed.



Is this how it is in Dallas for Mormons? Or any other religion? Or are you just stating opinion (again but claiming it to be fact)?



A vote cast for a ticket with a woman as VP is a vote cast for a ticket with a woman as VP no matter the reason. Just because you believe that most Mormons are GOP sheep doesn't mean it's true, but if you want to believe it, that's ok.

Yes, Mormons are pretty much GOP sheep.

Even with a woman who is going against the prophets in her lifestyle (not that they are HER prophets), it is in no-way a deal-breaker if she is a Republican and something is at stake.