LDS Apostles Issue Boldest Rebuke Yet: A Strongly Worded Statement Expressing “Profound Concern”
LDS Apostles Issue Boldest Rebuke Yet: A Strongly Worded Statement Expressing “Profound Concern” SALT LAKE CITY—In a move described by insiders as “the ecclesiastical equivalent of a very firm Post-it Note,” top leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints delivered their harshest condemnation of the Trump administration to date by… not showing up to a giant patriotic prayer rally and issuing a statement that sounded like a Relief Society president reminding everyone to “please be nice.” The White House-backed jubilee event, meant to rededicate America to God, conservative values, and possibly more bald eagles, went forward without a single Mormon general authority on stage. This despite U.S. Latter-day Saints being among the most reliably Republican voting blocs in the nation and having spent decades teaching that the Constitution is basically scripture with extra verses about gathering Israel. “Look, we completely agree that America is a promised land and has a...