Comments on: Every Member a …Sunstoner?!

By: Darrell Johnston

Darrell Johnston — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:03:31 +0000

There is a great blog by Utah Democratic Vice Chair Rob Miller called The Utah Amicus. Rob is an active Latter-day Saint and many believe that Rob is the future of the Utah Democratic Party.

He has an excellant post titled “Sacrament Meeting”. You should check it out.

By: danithew

danithew — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I'd like to see a Mormon Democrats blog that was maybe not only about being Democrats but that emphasized the membership of Mormons in the democratic party.

I think I meant to say that I'd like to see a site where those who have posts are Mormons and members of the Democratic party... but that would be a sideline. Does BCC: already qualify as this?

By: Aaron Brown

Aaron Brown — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Amen.

By: Nate Oman

Nate Oman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ann:

Perhaps two words -- McGovern Commission. Perhaps one -- Roe.

It is worth noting that conservative religions of all stripes began to desert the Democratic party in droves in the 1970s. There was a time not long ago when observant Catholicism and Evangelical Protetantism were closely correllated with Democratic allegiance.

By: Kristine

Kristine — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ashleigh, me too. I can also become inarticulate from rage at econ. professors :)

By: Kristine

Kristine — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ashleigh–you’re a Democrat? :) And btw, welcome to the blogosphere–I’ve enjoyed your comments at the blog which shall not be named.

By: Nate Oman

Nate Oman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Greg: I think that this is basically right, but I think that it underestimates teh importance of the McGovern Commission, which realligned power within the organizational structure of the DNC. It in effect created a litmus test on certain issues: abortion, affirmative action, school prayer, etc. which were precisely the issues that drove away many social conservatives. The DNC only began to recover from this particular self-inflicted wound under Clinton.

By: ronin

ronin — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I like seeing a blog where a diversity of opinions are expressed, both by the bloggers themselves, as well as the people who comment in response. It is kinda boring and actually dishearthing to see the “Utah Mormon” type of dogmatic approach to life and spirituality. Actually, it can make non-Utah, non-caucasian, converts like me feel rather unwelcome.

By: danithew

danithew — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think I saw a blog for Mormon Democrats once but it didn’t seem to have too many posts. I’ve been seeing/hearing from Mormon Democrats more than normal recently — maybe because they are such outspoken Bush opponents. I’d like to see a Mormon Democrats blog that was maybe not only about being Democrats but that emphasized the membership of Mormons in the democratic party.

Just a random thought.

By: Greg Call

Greg Call — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think Thomas Frank is basically correct that the migration of “middle America” to the Republic Party was in large part due to the Right’s extraordinary success at changing the key issue in politics from the allocation of resources and the social contract to things like abortion, school prayer, nebulous “values”, and the right to carry a gun.