THEN:
"We do not tell them how to vote,
and we do not tell the government how it
should be run."
President and Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1996.
NOW:
"We urge voters of Utah to vote NO on Proposition 2"
Official Church Announcement sent via email to members of the Church on August 23, 2018
.........
TO URGE: to force or impel in an indicated direction or into motion or greater speed
Below is the email I received last week:
Some facts:
- Out of all 50 US States, Utah had the Seventh-Highest Drug Overdose Rate in the US between 2013 and 2015
- The LDS Church owns over 1 billion dollars in big pharma stocks.
- Cannabis is natures medicine and it can alleviate suffering from so many medical conditions
- Agency is the ability and privilege God gives us to choose and to act for ourselves.
