Posted on 12/23/2016 3:37:17 PM PST by drewh
Pressure is mounting on the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir to not perform at president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony in January, but the choir is not backing down.
In a Friday statement to The Daily Caller, the choir responded to an online petition that wants to the choir not to sing at Trump’s inauguration. The statement said while the group has received “mixed reactions,” it will still perform for the 58th Inauguration in Washington, D.C. just as it has done in the past. (RELATED: Mormon Tabernacle Choir Agrees To Perform At Trump Inauguration)
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and church leaders sing together in the Conference Center during the 186th Annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on April 2, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images
“Response to the announcement has been mixed, with people expressing both opposition and support,” the statement read. “The Choir’s participation continues its long tradition of performing for U.S. Presidents of both parties at Inaugurations and in other settings, and is not an implied support of party affiliations or politics. It is a demonstration of our support for freedom, civility and the peaceful transition of power.”
By Friday afternoon, the petition had garnered more than 7,400 signatures demanding that the group back out because if they perform, it “sends the wrong message to [Mormon] children” about a president-elect’s “words and actions” that they claim do not align with their values.
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“The Church’s participation will harm this spectacularly talented and beloved choir’s image, misrepresent the diversity of Mormons worldwide, and sends the wrong message to LDS children as they will perceive the Church’s participation as endorsement of a president whose words and actions do not align with our values.”
On Thursday, a statement on the choir’s website confirmed it would be performing, just as it had for numerous other presidential inaugurations.
“At the request of the U.S. Presidential Inauguration Committee, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has accepted an invitation to sing at the swearing-in ceremony during the presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol next month in Washington, D.C,” the choir announced in a statement. “This performance will mark the sixth time the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has sung at an inauguration.”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/23/mormon-choir-on-trump-inauguration-we-will-perform-despite-opposition/#ixzz4ThvO1aPq
This is so pathetic.
Look at the last two elections before this one, and how the people on the Right handled the defeats.
Is there no sense of shame here? Don’t answer. We all know the answer.
Romney lovers?
I guess their freedom of religion and tax free status isn’t important.
POETUS say he wants the people not celebs at the inagaural....good for him!
“By Friday afternoon, the petition had garnered more than 7,400 signatures demanding that the group back out because if they perform, it “sends the wrong message to [Mormon] children” about a president-elect’s “words and actions” that they claim do not align with their values.”
The Choir Boys are the toughest guys in Utah - think about THAT!
:^)
Do Mormons support Islam, nambla, atheism, gay marriage, communism....? No...
Aren’t Mormons the one’s that claim to be the saviors of the United States Constitution?
So...don’t give me this “mixed” crap.
I wanna hear.... “All in Sir!”
So basically, you shouldn’t be polite or perform for Trump’s Innauguration, that is rediculous. Screw the libs.
It took fewer than 120 seconds to implicate Romney. Folks are slipping around here.
Trump should just invite the Armed forces bands to perform (if he can legally)
Would be better then getting these bed wetter or commie hollyweird celeb
Or find an artist or group that isn’t well known that would love the world stage, even that would work as well. I am sure you can find 100’s of groups who would love to do it
In my younger days, I voted ‘rat from ‘84 thru ‘92. If I were still a ‘rat, I’d have to jump ship now because of their embarrasing effeminate behavior.
Right! I’ve lived a lot of years and I’ve never seen anything like this liberal hatred of Trump.
In my 58 years on this floating rock, I have never seen such a bunch of whining pathetic losers in my life...
The armed forces or maybe if they have some school bands perhaps
Now that DJT is seeing first hand what complete ****ing ***holes these people are, I'm hoping he orders his justice department to flat out stop enforcing the piracy laws.
I mean, they're all going to so busy enforcing the immigration and drug laws that Obama previously had them ignoring, they probably won't have time to make sure nobody is downloading these ***holes songs and movies and what not.
They’re just a bunch of racists!
If I were Trump, I would not want anybody there that does not want to be there, be they former presidents, congressthings, or entertainers.
Let History record their pathetic, petulant perfidy.
Cartouche was a tenor and sang alongside the men of the Choir back in 1977-78 while attending the U of U. You wont find 1 in 100 of these folks who are libs.
Trump is being gracious by inviting the Mormon Tabernacle Choir when he could have booked a Presbyterian choir or a Baptist choir. He’s offering to elevate them... not looking for their elevation of him.
There’s the “He’s not aligned with Mormon vision” snoot factor, unfortunately.
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