Deseret News | Reader comments: Archivist OKs release of Leavitt documents

Reader comments
Archivist OKs release of Leavitt documents

John | 5:10 a.m. Jan. 2, 2008

Ok - How is this story part of LDS newsline????

Tim | 6:40 a.m. Jan. 2, 2008

Of course the Mormon Church is "non-political," - that's what they keep saying!

No wonder Mitt is having such a tussle with "credibility" and "honesty."

Wink and nod and it's ok - and non-Mormons don't really matter anyway unless they are potential converts.

Dear John | 10:05 a.m. Jan. 2, 2008

Perhaps the relevance is here: "The documents describe meetings at which Leavitt and others talked about Mormon principles in advance of his 1997 inaugural address."

The SLTrib made a big deal about this. This is apparently the News' response to the story.

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Justme | 1:42 p.m. Jan. 2, 2008

Could it be that they were talking about the welfare system that the church has, as compared to the federal one? We know that the government has looked into it before. This is a big deal, made out of nothing. Until this happens on the government dime, this is not news.

Steve | 3:49 p.m. Jan. 3, 2008

Are you kidding. Leavitt and a group of LDS people, including a current Apostle, sat in the Governors office with many of his employees present and used the Doctrine and Covenants and the Book of Mormon to craft his speach to the state. And Mormons claim that their religion does not influence government decisions. They were using King Noah (note a king) as a reference to how government should be run. Common, read the constitution, aparently nobody in Utah has.

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