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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ General Conference contained lessons for American politics.
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Politics and religion have been major forces in our nation even before the birth of the republic. This reality is especially intriguing in Utah where one faith is so influential. In the April 2021 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, talks by general authorities grabbed national and local headlines. We explore the impact of these important statements on political deliberations. of the First Presidency reminded conference listeners that the U.S. Constitution and its inspired principles are of “special importance” to church members. He said that no party or candidate can satisfy all personal preferences. Thus, members may at times need to consider “changing party support or candidate choices, even from election to election.” What is the significance of
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Unlike most talks given at BYU by church leaders, the landmark response of a Latter-day Saint apostle to the murderous spree of forgings and bombings by Mark Hofmann recently featured in “Murder Among the Mormons” can’t be found on speeches.byu.edu.
There’s a simple reason for that, and it has nothing to do covering up church history. In fact in his talk at BYU, then-Elder Dallin H. Oaks issued a scathing reprimand to a major news organization that spent a year insisting the church was covering up a document until it was proved that the document never existed. In fact, and this is mind-boggling, it was Hofmann himself that had deceived the newspaper into believing the document was real and in possession of the church.