I'm torn on this one. I have an opinion of course, but I could be easily convinced both ways. The church shouldn't be making political statements and this is certainly a political statement-it's not an endorsement of Trump or his policies but if the church was really against them, they'd have flat out denied it and done so publicly. I'm not saying the church is right or wrong in considering to preform at the inauguration-just that it's a very political statement no matter what they do.
The old saying "Just because you are not interested in politics doesn't mean that politics won't be interested in you" is one hundred percent correct. Church, organization or individual eventually in your existence you will be forced to make a choice about something political. Welcome to the real world kids. The church has gotten involved in something political with the Trump inauguration issue but I don't think it'll last. In fact, I think if the church ignores this it'll basically go away. The art of politics is the ignoring of certain problems and picking and choosing your battles.
Putting religion and politics aside, the Tabernacle Choir sounds absolutely gorgeous and it's a crime that more people can't get over "the Mormon thing" about them and just enjoy the music. If they perform at the inauguration-just enjoy it. If they don't preform at the inauguration-fine, that's their choice too.
It's also been in the news that a certain sister has resigned from the choir instead of going to preform. She has every right to do that, but she personally lost me with her comparison of Trump to Hitler. I was with her until then.
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