This has happened to me only slightly. My hypothesis (for now) is that some people just don't like politics mixed in with church services. So, those of us who detest politics (such as myself) will be a little deterred with politics at, say, sacrament meeting. These people who detest politics come to sacrament meeting to escape the world, not to be further dragged into it. I've personally witnessed this politics at church meetings (the Nov. 2 fast and testimony meeting was the absolute worst in this regard), and it annoyed me quite a bit.
So, for this reason I think that those who have been shaken up by this whole Prop 8 issue will eventually settle back down as church becomes more doctrinal and less political.
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