On Thursday, a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints expressed the church’s official position against Proposition 2, a medical marijuana initiative that’s scheduled to be on the ballot in Utah in November.
I’ve been watching this issue for months, ever since the church’s May announcement that it had “grave concerns about this initiative and the serious adverse consequences that could follow if it were adopted.”
At that time, the LDS Church urged voters “to read the attached memorandum and to make their own judgment.” On Thursday, that tone seemed to be replaced with a more decisive opposition: the church wants voters to defeat this measure and emailed the state’s Latter-day Saints to fight the issue.