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LDS Church immigration stance

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Published: Thursday, Nov. 11 2010 11:57 p.m. MST

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"As a worldwide church dealing with many complex issues across the globe, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints promotes broad, foundational principles that have worldwide application. The church regards the declaration of the Utah Compact as a responsible approach to the urgent challenge of immigration reform. It is consistent with important principles for which we stand:

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"As a worldwide church dealing with many complex issues across the globe, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints promotes broad, foundational principles that have worldwide application. The church regards the declaration of the Utah Compact as a responsible approach to the urgent challenge of immigration reform. It is consistent with important principles for which we stand:

 "We follow Jesus Christ by loving our neighbors. The Savior taught that the meaning of 'neighbor' includes all of God's children, in all places, at all times.

 "We recognize an ever-present need to strengthen families. Families are meant to be together. Forced separation of working parents from their children weakens families and damages society.

 "We acknowledge that every nation has the right to enforce its laws and secure its borders. All persons subject to a nation's laws are accountable for their acts in relation to them.

"Public officials should create and administer laws that reflect the best of our aspirations as a just and caring society. Such laws will properly balance love for neighbors, family cohesion, and the observance of just and enforceable laws."

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CJ
Murray, UT

Pete,

This is not speaking against the church, it is speaking against the idea that enforcement of the law is somehow unjust and inhumane. Let me tell you what inhumane and unjust really mean:

1-Last year over 100 hundred More..

  • 10:08 a.m. Nov. 12, 2010
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CJ
Murray, UT

Wow! This is now a family thing? You can break the law as long as it keeps your family together? Illegals leave their families in most cases to come here and steal jobs, health care and anything else they can get. They are free to return to their More..

  • 8:07 a.m. Nov. 12, 2010
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EgbertThrockmorton
Layton, UT

Actually, I DO think the Church is parsing words here with this statement in the name of political expediency. AS a life-long ACTIVE member(NOT from Utah thankfully) I find that there seems to be more of this kind of thing with "the Church" More..

  • 9:56 a.m. Nov. 12, 2010
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