Why hasn't the Mormons excommunicated Glen Beck for the damage he's done to the image of the church?

Answer 1

A previous poster wrote, "Because the LDS Church does not Excommunicate someone for their political views."

This is incorrect. Take the case of Sonia Johnson. She was excommunicated for her direct and vocal involvement in support of the ERA in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The reason the LDS Church has not excommunicated Beck is because it only doles out sentences of excommunication for political views that challenge the stated political positions of the Church. If you engage in inflammatory political speech that does not attack the Church, no matter how much harm you cause to others, you will probably be left alone and not face any Church sanctions. However, if you start promoting a political ideology that is at odds with the Church's stance on anything (feminism, gay rights, etc.), then you will likely face disfellowshipping, if not excommunication.

Beck, despite his un-Christian and un-Christlike inflammatory hate speech, which was directly tied to the motive of a San Francisco shooter in July 2010, has not attacked the Church or Church policies. Therefore, he has been left alone by Church hierarchy.