Religious Freedom
Free to Choose
How are you exercising your agency to further the work of the Lord?
Elections, Hope, and Freedom
We must strive for mutual understanding and treat all with goodwill. We must exercise patience. We should all speak out for religion and the importance of religious freedom. We must, above all, trust in God and His promises.
Religion: Bound by Loving Ties
True religion, the tie that binds us to God and to each other, not only seals our family relationships in eternity but also heightens our delight in those family experiences while in mortality.
Religious Freedom—A Cherished Heritage to Defend
With courage, conviction, and civility—drawing upon our noble heritage as Americans—each one of us can make a profound difference.
Religious Freedom and Fairness for All
Our laws and legislation play an important teaching role in shaping our social and moral culture. We need every individual in society to take an active role in engaging in civic dialogue that helps frame laws and legislation that are fair for everyone.
Strengthen the Things That Remain
Members of different faiths need to work together to affirm religious liberty, necessary in preserving human rights, human dignity, and human flourishing.
Faith and the Public Square
In American history this sublime and serious combination of religion and democracy has overall been a force for great good. Some of the most important movements of conscience in our history emerged from the convictions of religious people and used the language and liturgy of faith to build popular support.
Truth and Tolerance
Our tolerance and respect for others and their beliefs does not cause us to abandon our commitment to the truths we understand and the covenants we have made.
Catholics and Latter-day Saints: Partners in the Defense of Religious Freedom
Perhaps in the struggle to defend religious liberty for our churches and for all Americans, our greatest weapon is neither the voting booth nor the legal brief but the prayers that we and our worshipping communities lift up to Almighty God week after week on behalf of our nation.
The Doctrine of Religious Freedom
Part of “redemption’s mystery” is our paradoxical—and yet ultimately not paradoxical—obligation to respect and love and protect the rights of others not of our faith.
Religion and the Constitution
The relationship between religion and the United States constitution has an interesting and complicated history with important implications.
Meeting the Challenges of Today
The combined doctrine of God’s foreknowledge and of foreordination is one of the doctrinal roads least traveled by, yet these clearly underline how very long and how perfectly God has loved us and known us with our individual needs and capacities.
The Unique Role of BYU among Universities of America
BYU distinguishes itself from other prestigious universities because it has not denounced its faith; as students and faculty, we must not denounce ours.
Protecting Political Freedom
As the central government's power ever increases, we must protect our political freedom and show that we will take a stand as members of the Church.