Arizona Republic
Sunday October 3, 2010
Arizona Politics, B3
Political Insider
“Somos Republicans, a Hispanic Republican group, copied the media on a letter it sent to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Thomas Monson this week comparing Senate Bill 1070 to an order signed by the governor of Missouri in 1830 calling for the extermination of Mormons.
‘Just as Mormon families were driven out of the state of Missouri in early American history, we are now witnessing Arizona families being driven out and ripped apart,’ Somos founder Dee-Dee Blase wrote.
She goes on to connect the events by noting that SB 1070 sponsor Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, is Mormon, and Kris Kobach, the lawyer who helped write it, is ‘out of Missouri.’
(Kobach is actually from Kansas; he was a law professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City on the Missouri side.)
Blase in her letter challenged the church to oppose SB 1070 and Pearce.
‘Just as the Missouri governor had no regard for the Mormon families being driven out in 1838, and just as the Arizona governor had no regard for the families being driven out…we have to wonder if the Mormon leadership will have the courage to communicate to the people of Mesa, Arizona, that Russell Pearce’s stance and treatment towards Hispanic immigrants is evil,’ Blase wrote.”
Compiled by Republic reporters Mary Jo Pitzl, Alia Beard Rau, and Art Thomason.
Well first of all, the Church very rarely, gets involved in political matters or taking political sides. More often than not, comments made are those of "make good judgment" or "choose the best candidate". This is just my opinion, but I believe that the Church is just waiting for the members to use their agency in choosing these bills or leaders, hoping that they will choose what's best. I doubt that the Church will come saying that this is "evil". Basic Doctrine- I am a Child of God... and so is everyone else. I guess we will see how many people actually practice what they claim to believe...
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