Mormon candidate touts Mormon-only male-only campaign rallies

[FreeState]

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/14587/idaho-gubernatorial-candidate-announces-mormononly-maleonly-campaign-rallies

From Rexburg's Standard Journal:

Idaho gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell will be mixing what he calls doctrines from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints into his gubernatorial campaign in a series of meetings slated for LDS elders only.

In January, Rammell will kick off a series of special meetings targeted specifically at "faithful priesthood-holders of the LDS Church" to discuss the so-called "White Horse" prophecy.

Borrowing a line more commonly used by the LDS leadership to explain Mormon temple ceremonies, the candidate described his rallies as sacred, not secret:

"There is nothing secret about the meeting -- it's just the sacred nature of the things we will be talking about," said Rammell. "We are going to talk about (LDS Church founder) Joseph Smith's prophecy that the Constitution will be hanging by a thread and that the Latter-day Saint elders will step forward and save it."

Mormon women are barred from holding the LDS priesthood, but the GOP hopeful provided a further explanation for their exclusion from the campaign meetings:
Rammell said that though LDS women were not invited because of lack of space, he hopes that the men will take the message home to their wives.

And what message might some critics take home from Rammell's announcement? As the Standard Journal notes: "In the past, Rammell has been criticized for using his faith to further his campaign."

Whether the aspiring Republican is guilty of that in this instance will be the subject of in-depth follow-up coverage by the Standard Journal, just as soon as its reporters have obtained the ecclesiastical clearance required to attend Rammell campaign events.

[KamaAina]

1. Reporters have to obtain ecclesiastical clearance to cover a political campaign?!

Is that Idaho, or Iran?! :wtf:

[kestrel91316]

2. There's a difference??

[FreeState]

4. The town he is in is over 90% Mormon

so in effect he is using his religion to get elected over another LDS member whos not having these whacky meetings talking about revelations the Church in SLC have come out and said were not true (constitution hanging by a thread).

[CanonRay]

3. This shit is what happens

when you let politics and religion mix.