Leaders of Utah’s LDS Dems, the largest caucus within the state’s Democratic Party, are urging their fellow Latter-day Saints to prayerfully consider the facts surrounding medical marijuana before reaching their own conclusions on Proposition 2, a ballot initiative to legalize the use of cannabis by patients with a doctor’s recommendation.
The group’s position, released Tuesday in a lengthy press statement, differs and takes issue with the recent positions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Proposition 2, which last week sent an email to its membership urging opposition to the initiative.
“We are especially disappointed that the Church’s entry into the conversation was alarmist and riddled with factual errors and misrepresentations,” the LDS Dems' statement says.