“The Salt Lake Remonstrance: Mormons are out-Baptist-ing Baptists (in a good way)”

Yesterday, I blogged about an exchange on CNN in which a prominent Baptist theologian was obliged to respond to a reporter’s question about why the Latter-day Saints seem, on the matter of Mr. Donald J. Trump, to acting in a more “Christian” way than the self-proclaimed “Christians” are:

“CNN: When Did Mormons Become Stronger in the Teachings of Christ Than Christian Leaders?”

That must have been a very awkward and uncomfortable moment for Dr. Moore.

Well, here’s another item, in which a fairly prominent Baptist blogger considers the same curious fact:

“The Salt Lake Remonstrance: Mormons are out-Baptist-ing Baptists (in a good way)”

And there’s this, in which David French, an Evangelical writer for National Review and a graduate of Harvard Law School, reflects (without any reference to Mormonism) on what brought his fellow conservative Christians to this crisis and on what will be required to fix things:

“Evangelicals, Our Problem Is Spiritual, Not Political”

Finally, here’s an astonishing article from the Deseret News:

“Poll: Trump falls into tie with Clinton among Utah voters”

Amazingly, it indicates that the independent candidate Evan McMullin is also in a statistical tie with Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Trump in Utah.

Candidly, this vastly increases the odds that, in the end, I’ll vote for (and, for what little it’s worth, endorse) Evan McMullin for the presidency of the United States.

Neither he nor Gary Johnson nor Raymond Castle nor, for that matter, Jill Stein is going to take the White House.  But I want Utah to make a statement, and it seems that Evan McMullin may be best positioned among the various alternative candidates to do so.

I would like the Republican Party to realize that it can’t take Utah for granted, and that, if it wants the “Mormon vote,” it needs to nominate decent men or women who actually adhere to conservative principles.  If Utah were to reject Donald Trump on 8 November, I would be very, very proud of my adopted home state.

We can’t really stop Mrs. Clinton.  She will, unfortunately, be our next president.  But, despite Mr. Trump’s efforts, we can still try to return conservative Republican majorities to the Senate and the House of Representatives and we can send a resounding message from Utah and “Mormon country” that we won’t surrender our principles for the sake of political power.

If Evan McMullin has a chance to take Utah —  it would, I believe, be the first time since 1968 that an independent candidate had won votes in the Electoral College — casting a ballot for him will emphatically not be to throw one’s vote away.