The Arizona state senator who sponsored SB1070, Russell Pearce, is also Mormon, which has led to speculation that this is why the Mormon Church has not yet expressed a moral opinion on the matter.

但倡导SB1070的亚利桑那州参议员罗塞尔·皮尔斯(Russell Pearce)也同样是摩门教徒。因此人们大概能猜到摩门教会至今都不对这件事表明自己道德立场的原因了。

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