Though they were willing for all good citizens to have a hand in electing those who were responsible for government, they too insisted that only church members could be in actual positions of authority. (religion-online.org)
The Churches actual position is to put a mechanism in place that creates the freedom for all people to be able to work hard and support themselves not that all people need to be taken care of only that those that can't take care of themselves. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)