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Latter-Day Common Sense: December 2014

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Perspective of a Progressive Latter-Day Saint. December 6, 2014. Latter-Day Saints Should Applaud Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Important Statements by Church Leaders. Beware of those who feel obliged to prove their own patriotism by calling into question the loyalty of others. Be skeptical of those who attempt to demonstrate their love of country by demeaning its institutions. President Hugh B. Brown, LDS Church First Presidency. Strive to devel...

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Latter-Day Common Sense: State Capitals are Key to 2014 Election

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Perspective of a Progressive Latter-Day Saint. March 23, 2014. State Capitals are Key to 2014 Election. Most Americans claim they are tired of bitter partisanship and Congressional gridlock. Both parties have a history of using gerrymandering in their favor, which is why Congress should pass legislation requiring an independent redistricting. Process across the nation. But that is a topic for another post. Projected demographic changes in America bode well for Democrats. As minority populations expan...

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CATHOLICS FOR OBAMA - BIDEN: September 2012

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CATHOLICS FOR OBAMA - BIDEN. Sunday, September 30, 2012. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR LEADS EFFORT FOR OBAMA. CATHOLIC EDUCATOR EDUCATES VOTERS TOO. Professor Stephen Schneck, of the Catholic University of America, our national Pontifical university, is the subject of a news article in CUA's student paper. Victor Nakas, associate vice president for public affairs, said that Schneck’s actions are not a conflict of interest and are in line with the University and the Catholic Church’s stance t...Read the ...

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Latter-Day Common Sense: Support Israel’s Security, Not Its Conquests

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Perspective of a Progressive Latter-Day Saint. March 25, 2015. Support Israel’s Security, Not Its Conquests. Americans are also troubled by Netanyahu’s racially tinged comments, which roused anti-Arab fear in order to mobilize Netanyahu supporters. Can you imagine what the public response would be in the U.S. had a candidate warned his or her supporters that blacks or Latinos were voting in droves? The time has come for Americans to realize that we can disagree with Israeli policies while vigorously supp...

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Latter-Day Common Sense: August 2014

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Perspective of a Progressive Latter-Day Saint. August 27, 2014. What do Stalin, Mao and Obama Have in Common? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Important Statements by Church Leaders. Beware of those who feel obliged to prove their own patriotism by calling into question the loyalty of others. Be skeptical of those who attempt to demonstrate their love of country by demeaning its institutions. President Hugh B. Brown, LDS Church First Presidency. Strive to develop a maturity of mind and emo...

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Latter-Day Common Sense: Obamacare Unlocks American Innovation

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Perspective of a Progressive Latter-Day Saint. February 11, 2014. Obamacare Unlocks American Innovation. America’s antiquated health care insurance system has hampered innovation and ultimately slowed economic growth for decades due to the insurance system’s perverse incentives. However, the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, has done much to reverse those disincentives. Consider the following scenario:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Important Statements by Church Leaders. Beware of thos...

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Latter-Day Common Sense: Is There a Middle Ground on Gun Control?

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Perspective of a Progressive Latter-Day Saint. September 5, 2013. Is There a Middle Ground on Gun Control? From law-abiding citizens (even from some who were in their own homes) in New Orleans during the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster at precisely the moment when a law-abiding citizen would want a gun for personal protection. If our goal is to reduce gun violence, we must look at the source of guns used in violent crime. ATF data has indicated. ATF should be granted authority to develop a range of sanct...

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Latter-Day Common Sense: Latter-Day Saints Should Applaud Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration

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Perspective of a Progressive Latter-Day Saint. December 6, 2014. Latter-Day Saints Should Applaud Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration. In 2010, the Church issued a press release. Backing the Utah Compact. An initiative that supports comprehensive federal immigration reform balancing law enforcement with compassion. The following year, the Church took an even stronger stance. Given the Church’s clearly compassionate stance on immigration, which balances acknowledgement of the need for lawful bor...

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Latter-Day Common Sense: Vigilantism's Return to America

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Perspective of a Progressive Latter-Day Saint. May 21, 2014. Vigilantism's Return to America. If George’s plea in his trial was that he shot Martin in self-defense, what about the right to self-defense for an unarmed teen who was stalked by an over-zealous neighborhood watchman, while walking home in the dark? Was this the right’s deeply cynical way of lashing out against a mainstream media they so much despise, after the media helped turn the case into a national issue? I mourn Trayvon Martin’s de...

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Latter-Day Common Sense: The Tyranny of Gross Income Inequality

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Perspective of a Progressive Latter-Day Saint. October 27, 2013. The Tyranny of Gross Income Inequality. In a 2012 General Conference address, Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, expressed concern. In 1875 the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the Council of the Twelve Apostles (Brigham Young was President at the time) issued an official statement. On wealth inequality in America, created b...