Recently the Sanpete County affiliate of the Utah Constitution Party held their convention on the 18th of April, as the Herald reported:
Sanpete County Constitution Party of Utah held its convention on April 18, the first convention in nearly eight years. Attendance was disappointing with only a few of the 60 members of the party able to attend.
The countywide caucus held a month earlier on March 27, had a better turn out. County Chairman Ray Truitt stated the party board was committed to revitalize the party in Sanpete.
He also said that several members had planned to attend but between unforeseen emergencies and health issues, they were not able to attend, although they were at the Caucus meeting…
However what is noteworthy about this recent convention is this:
The guest speaker, Sterling Allan, spoke about a unique science that forecast historic events by using the Bible with a number system.
Interesting to note, however, is not only that Mr. Allan is a conspiracy theorist and self-described ‘prophet‘ that was excommunicated from the LDS Church for apostasy and harboring extremist views, but recently went through a divorce after having confessed online to being a pedophile, and afterward resigned from several organizations that he formerly ran because of the personal drama on his end as well.
While unsubstantiated, it is considered unlikely that the Sanpete affiliate of the Utah Constitution Party was fully aware of Mr. Allan’s controversial background and recent self-disclosure of his “addiction to lust”.
Since pedophilia is a sexual orientation, chances of repeat offense are very high….much higher than with many other kinds of crimes.
My response:
“Matthew 18:6, you P.O.S. false prophet/apostate.
Hypocrisy is a understatement for scum like you.
Oh BTW, I can be on the computer alone and actually not be tempted to look at child porn.
And being married, neither do I have the urge to commit adultery (or worse) by robbing the underage cradle- unlike you. Nor would such thoughts ever enter my sane mind.
However if you want to get further involved with the CP, by all means, knock yourself out; I wouldn’t oppose you in that department.”
A dissenting opinion in comments on this same story at A3PR:
I understand the silence from the leaders of the CP on this matter, yet oddly enough, were is Grundmann? He likes to bitch about the sodomy movement or whatever he calls LGBT people taking over our society and indoctrinating ‘the children’, yet he hasn’t said a single peep about this at all, yet.
Why is that? Is the fact that despite what he claims about his party, the Utah affiliate of his party actually featured a man that thinks not only that he is the messiah, but also fessed up to his pedophile feelings & recent actions months ago -as their guest speaker, just too embarrassing for him?
Let’s see if he’ll respond here.
Paulie, you are right that minor parties don’t have the resources to thoroughly check one’s background, yet a mere Google search on Sterling Allan would’ve uncovered this baggage.
In fact being a former Mormon that was excommunicated for apostasy and already had flirted with the CP several times- for that county affiliate to include him as a guest speaker still- me thinks that either they’ve must have used extremely poor, simpleton judgement… Or many of the Utah CP are really no better then Sterling Allan…
In terms of political ideology, that is.
Sheesh! No wonder Ronald Reagan would have nothing to do with “third parties” on the Right because this is usually the end result. Maybe the local CP made an honest mistake but still, devolving into numerology while other non-major parties fight for $15 minimum wage or against police brutality or against the drug war. Maybe you don’t agree with them, but at least these are contemporary questions, not flights of fancy. As the CP descends into madness, conservatism as an ideology is now at the mercy of Republican Party politicians and Conservative INC. hucksters. Ponder that.
Noted.
I would like to point out that this Sterling Allen guy actually ran for President in 2004:
http://www.politics1.com/p2004.htm
I think that’s true of alt parties in general. We often don’t have the time, resources, or experience to proactively look for problems with speakers or candidates who step up.
Video of Sterling’s appearance at the convention-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLdXCU58Quc
I have a feeling that CP’ers and their party leaders are not that good with double-checking the background/history of their guest speakers, or invited candidates.
The party’s national chairman is in Utah. How does this kind of stuff happen under his nose?
Heads up too-
https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/pdf/129-34-45.pdf (sixth & eighth pages)
The guy that kidnapped Elizabeth Smart used to attend one of Allan’s “study groups”.
The ironic thing is that this guy has flirted with the CP on and off years before.
He also came out of the closet on his “sin” months ago, so they’ve should have known better- especially in light of his background with Utah’s predominant faith.