NAACP

Excerpt from a Salt Lake Tribune article from June 8 2020, ‘Despite joining President Nelson in call to end racism, NAACP would like to see the LDS Church do more.’: 1 In yet another symbolic gesture of racial unity, LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson joined with top NAACP leaders Monday in calling for an … Read more

Policy

Interview with Dallin H. Oaks and Neal A. Maxwell regarding the lifting of the race ban: 1 New Policy Occasions Church Comment SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —Here is a partial transcript of an Associated Press interview with Elders Neal A. Maxwell and Dallin H. Oaks of the Mormon Church’s Council of the Twelve Apostles regarding … Read more

Obedience

Interview with Dallin H. Oaks and Neal A. Maxwell regarding the lifting of the race ban: 1 New Policy Occasions Church Comment SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —Here is a partial transcript of an Associated Press interview with Elders Neal A. Maxwell and Dallin H. Oaks of the Mormon Church’s Council of the Twelve Apostles regarding … Read more

Not by Commandment

Image: Prohibition era (1920 to 1933) image showing the disposal of alcohol. From Doctrine and Covenants 89:2,3, the revelation giving the Word of Wisdom[footnote]Doctrine and Covenants 89[/footnote] 2 To be sent greeting; not by commandment or constraint, but by revelation and the word of wisdom, showing forth the order and will of God in the … Read more