From Deseret News archives:
Readers on Cheney with a 'Y'
Stephen Hardy
Acton, Mass.
As tithe-paying LDS Church members living outside of Utah, we are concerned. The church is generally viewed as having a strong connection to the far right. By accepting an offer for Cheney to speak, it causes real challenges for church members who do missionary work.
Natalie and Michael Shirts
New York, N.Y.
A huge majority of commencement speakers (at one time 90 percent) are on the political left. On those rare occasions a conservative is invited, the speaker is often met with profanity, rudeness and every attempt to silence them.
Evelyn Scott
Draper
Jim Dublinski
Salt Lake City
Vice-president Cheney should be standing trial for impeachment instead.<
Wallace Hoffman
Salt Lake City
This is the wrong man at exactly the wrong time.
Scott Burnett
Langley, Washington
What an honor. I don't think I would ever criticize a decision or attempt to give advice to President Gordon B. Hinckley or his counselors, who are the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of the Board of Trustees.
Jonathan Lowell
Bountiful
Dick Cheney at BYU reminds me of another commencement speaker who turned out to be a disaster: Lowell Thomas in 1964. He showed up late, spoke mostly on the virtue of skiing in Utah powder and then departed early. Is there a graceful way to find another speaker?
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