Posted by:
Brother Of Jerry
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Date: July 05, 2022 12:38PM
Mormonism is not officially xenophobic, since most of its converts are now international members, and the organization does not want to be perceived as hating people outside the US.
That said, the foundational theology is clearly racist, however embarrassing the GAs find that to be now, and a significant portion of the rank and file members are indeed xenophobic.
Mormons as a matter of official policy and theology treat women as second class members.
Mormonism is very highly authoritarian. You are told which congregation you are to attend, and what underwear you must use, and whether or not you can attend a temple wedding, and its not a suggestion, its an order.
Mormonism tends to be anti-science, whether it is food faddist outgrowth of the WoW, or rejecting all the science that refutes the BoM and BoA, or rejecting evolution and geology because of "young earth" theology, or a belief in an actual flood of Noah, or the general anti-science attitude that goes with authoritarianism.
And of course there is the ongoing Mormon hierarchy fight against gay rights, especially same-sex marriage, and other LGBTQ+ issues.
If you are an exMormon who rejects all those things, then you are pro-science (climate change, vaccines, clean environment), pro women, for diversity, anti racist - its odd that those are now considered to be liberal traits. That was not the case 70 years ago, when the Southern states were solidly Dem and when the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and the EPA were all passed with substantial Republican support.
But there you have it. A rejection of Mormon culture kind of makes you way more liberal than the average TBM.
I find it almost comical that there is a rather long list of frequent posters here that range from mildly center-right to whack-a-doodle right. I don't know if they are a majority here, but it is not a small group. Yet there are persistent claims that the board is liberal.
We rejected Mormonism. Stephen Colbert's Dictum. "reality has a well-known liberal bias", also applies to exMormonism.
But make no mistake. The political right is well represented.