Did the Mormon Church support the Iraq War?

[bluestateguy]

I remember hearing that the church leadership of every major Protestant denomination, except for the Southern Baptists, opposed the war. Was this also the case with the Mormon Church?*




* I do not wish to start a religious flame war over whether or not the Mormons are Protestant. That's not the point of this post.

[LightningFlash]

1. ....Yes...

But not based on anything other than, it was a good thing for christians. I don't know all the specifics.

[wuushew]

2. Utah only has 3 Reps and 2 Senators

even if religion influnced the IRW vote, it would be rather small in the greater scope of things.

[demwing]

3. You forget Harry Reid

he's LDS also.

[hfojvt]

4. it looks like the church itself, did not take a stand

http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/43578

One Prof was strongly against it, but most of their members supported it, as they no doubt voted in 2004.

The Church doctrine that I found talked more about coffee and alcohol than it did about war or poverty.

http://www.mormon.org/

[LynnTheDem]

5. No the Mormon Church did not support bush's illegal, immoral, unjust war.

Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) - The Mormon Church took its Anti-War Stance on Sun Oct 6,2002 in SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Mormon church issued a strong anti-war message at its semiannual General Conference, clearly referring to current hostilities in the Middle East, advocating patience and negotiation, and urging the faithful to be peacemakers

http://www.schema-root.org/_stacks/story.news.yahoo.com/20021006.mormon/20021006.mormon.html

Even bush's own church did not support bush's illegal, immoral, unjust war.