Liberal Mormons: A minority within a minority

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/liberal-mormons-a-minority-within-a-minority/2012/11/01/5ea4c26a-2459-11e2-92f8-7f9c4daf276a_story.html

By Brian Passey| Religion News Service, Published: November 1

ST. GEORGE, Utah — U.S. Mormons overwhelmingly share the party affiliation of Republican presidential nominee and fellow Mormon Mitt Romney, but there are liberal-leaning members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who are finding their voice and supporting President Obama in the election.

Crystal Young-Otterstrom, chairwoman of LDS Dems, an official caucus of the Utah Democratic Party, said the caucus met with other Mormon Democrats across the nation for the first time during this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.

Still, Young-Otterstrom described Mormon Democrats as a “minority within a minority.”

According to a Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life study released in January, 74 percent of Mormons in the United States are Republicans or lean toward the Republican Party. Only 17 percent are Democrats or lean toward the Democratic Party.

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