Posted by:
Kori
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Date: November 11, 2012 12:07AM
I won't go into politics, but I did want to mention the incredible transformation that the LDS church has done in the past few years. I am Hispanic, grew up with all the you are from lehi crap, lama note generation, chose, rose in the desert, blah
As things about illegal immigrants went from disagreement as to what to do to suddenly tying crime and disease to races...and suddenly Utah became anti-Hispanic overnight. I began to get dirty looks in my Lilly white neighborhood grocery store, I heard comments yelled out at public events, etc
I attended the Spanish branch because I felt like those people were so great and humble and genuine. Tis gave me the opportunity to see a hideous change in the church.
A guy who had been a recent convert was called into see the BP. he was shaken down not only for tithing, but for back tithing, he has been a member 6 weeks. It's guy made less than 400 a month and was sending 300 back home to his wife and kids in El Salvador. He lived with 10-15 other guys in a basement apartment. He paid up. About 20 months later he was laid off. He came to ask me what he should do. I told him that this was the reason people paid tithing and that he should go see the BP. The BP told him that he was instructed not to give aid to those who were ebreaking the law by being here illegally, since this would make the church complicit. It's is the time about 2 years ago that bills were being introduced saying that if you gave an illegal a ride or hired them you could go to jail. Well this guy was devastated, his money was good enough but he was trash when it came time to get some food for 2 weeks. I told him to go to the English ward, after testing him like trash, they helped him.
A missionary, her since he was 2 years old served in Nebraska, the church keeps the illegal boys stateside so they don't have to worry about visas and re-entry. Our branch was so excited to go get him from the airport. The parents were told that the church could not be caught transporting an illegal. They had to drive to nebraska to come get him. No one in the branch could talk to them about helping pay for gas or using a car. It had to be discussed off property. O this boy was great to have on a mission, but he was filthy trash afterwards.
I have a hundred more stories. Bt I wanted to share the incredible turn the church has made against Hispanics. Refusing to sign a documents that said lets at least be civil. Hispanics don't forget, no matter how much spray tan people wear. It cost their guy the election and for the foreseeable future, many converts.