BYU-Idaho Student On Board Of Latter-day Saints For Ron Paul
A Brigham Young University-Idaho student was named to the ?Latter-day Saints For Ron Paul? nationwide coalition.
News of the coalition?s launch comes at the heels of a The Pew Research Center survey that examined Mormon attitudes about themselves and politics.
In the study, 86 percent of the Mormons polled have a favorable view of Mitt Romney, the front-runner in the Republican presidential primaries.
Another Republican hopeful, Jon Huntsman, is LDS.
?The launch of Latter-day Saints for Ron Paul reveals a voter segment not monopolized by any particular candidate,? the campaign said in a news release from Paul?s campaign Friday.
?As members of the LDS Church we are taught to support candidates who uphold the Constitution of the United States. Without question, I know that Congressman Paul best represents that counsel. No one has fought more courageously for our constitutional freedoms,? said BYU-Idaho Dustin Petersen in the news release.
The news release also mentioned the senior from Quincy, Wash., had served an LDS mission to Ecuador.
Although the coalition?s Facebook page quotes LDS leaders on subjects like freedom and the Constitution, the church itself generally takes a neutral position in politics.
The church has stated that it does not ?attempt to direct its members as to which candidate or party they should give their votes to. This policy applies whether or not a candidate for office is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.?
