Latter-Day Liberals

Okay, I think I just had an epiphany about members of the LDS Faith who also fall on the left side of the political spectrum. The vast majority of Latter-Day Saints have been politically conservative for quite some time now. And it's not without good reason, either. We feel that economic freedom, the importance of faith and family, and many other principles that the GOP strives to uphold are much more in line with the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ than those of the Democratic Party. Many conservative members are, therefore, surprised to learn of the growing number of LDS Democrats, even here at BYU. They're still a minority, but they've got plenty of momentum. Last year, with the election of Barrack Obama to the U.S. Presidency, the number of registered Democrats on BYU grew to unprecedented levels. And, being significantyl far along in the English major, I've seen that a large majority of the faculy at the Y (especially here in the Humanities) view the world from a moderate to significantly liberal standpoint.
Logically, it doesn't make sense where they are coming from. But, that's where my epiphany comes in. As one who see's Conservative ideas as grounded in logic and linear reasoning rather than emotion, ambiguity, or circular reasoning (and, yes, I am biased), I honestly think that Latter-Day Liberals identify themselves with the more ambiguous parts of the gospel.
Let me explain. The fundamental principles of the gospel make perfect sense to me. For example, if prophets were on the earth in ancient days, why would they not be on the earth today? If God is our Father, why would he not prepare a way for us to become like him? There is plenty of this if-then logic within the basic tenets of our beliefs. As I've dug deeper, however, I've had to rely on faith as things become more complex.
Let's take the Fall, for example. The classic question that almost all Latter-Saints wonder is as follows: Why did God give Adam and Eve the commandment not to partake of the fruit when he knew that they would need to partake in order to keep his other commandment to multiply and replenish the earth? For most of us members, we don't know and will have to rely on faith. We need to remember that it's not pertinent to our testimony, and someday we'll know the answer. But, maybe, this isn't an issue of faith for the minority of members who swing to the left when it comes to politics and philosophy. Maybe, these kinds of principles speak more clearly to the ambiguous way they see the world. Maybe, one of their tests of faith (at some level) comes in relying on the basics.
I hope my Latter-Day Liberal friends understand that I'm not questioning their testimonies here. In fact, I'm trying to understand them. To my conservative friends, you can take this for what it's worth. Whethere you want to be more tolerant of liberal members, or just want to know how to debate with them, I hope this can be a good resource. Hopefully, it will even spark some intelligent converstation on this blog.