America is changing. Some of us are fine with the change, but it is clear why the Mormon Elders are freaking out:
Married white Christians now make up less than half of all voters in the United States and less than one fifth of voters under the age of 30. The declining proportion of married white Christians in the electorate has important political implications because in recent years married white Christians have been among the most loyal supporters of the Republican Party. In American politics today, whether you are a married white Christian is a much stronger predictor of your political preferences than your gender or your class — the two demographic characteristics that dominate much of the debate on contemporary American politics.
From The Incredible Shrinking Republican Base, by Alan I. Abramowitz
This also defines the core of the Mormon Church. This is not a church with a big role for the non-married (ask any single Mormon over 30), particularly the confirmed bachelors (ahem). Sure there are non-white Mormons, but do you see them in the leadership? Here are the Twelve Apostles of the Mormon Church:
They look like the Northern European Grandpas Club. Or the corporate directors who announce it is in everyone’s best interest to lay you off just before Christmas. What they are not is the rainbow coalition of God’s people.
