I’m enormously gratified to watch as Utah (and, by extrapolation, its predominantly Mormon population) distinguishes itself, while still adhering to its fundamentally conservative values and political orientation, from many others in the United States (notably a large proportion of conservative Evangelicals) in its response to Trumpism and to the plight of refugees.
First, in the wake of his defeats in Idaho and Wyoming, where Mormons constitute substantial voting blocs, Trump was handed his worst defeat of the primary season by the Republicans of Utah. And now there’s this:
Which should be supplemented by this:
“LDS Church launches ‘I Was a Stranger’ website for Mormon women’s refugee relief effort”
I had the honor, a few nights ago, of a visit from a couple who are being sent as senior Church service representatives to Erbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan. They’ll be replacing a couple that has already been working there, and their assignment is to coordinate and distribute humanitarian relief in that area. They’re far from the only Latter-day Saints involved in such work.
May God bless them.
I’m proud to be affiliated with this church.
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