Conference talk by President Oaks cheers Latter-day Saints backing civility deseret.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from deseret.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Utah’s minority political parties welcome Oaks’ talk disputing belief that Latter-day Saints should be Republicans
Church leader said in General Conference that ‘we should never assert that a faithful Latter-day Saint cannot belong to a particular party or vote for a particular candidate.’
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President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the governing First Presidency, speaks at General Conference about the U.S. Constitution on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021.
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That sentiment shared in a speech from Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the church’s governing First Presidency has quickly been embraced by members of Utah’s minority political parties. They have long worked to dispute the assertion that being a good Latter-day Saint means you should also be a Republican.
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RALEIGH The North Carolina Senate failed to override Gov. Roy Cooper s veto of legislation that would demand K-12 districts offer in-person learning to all students in about two weeks.
Senate leader Phil Berger said earlier his chamber was prepared to hold an override vote Monday evening. An override would have had to be successful in both chambers for the measure to become law.
Sen. Kirk deViere, a Democrat from Cumberland County, voted to override the veto. Sen. Ben Clark, a Democrat who represents both Hoke and Cumberland counties, was absent. My vote for the continued support of Senate Bull 37 was not one I took lightly, deViere said in a statement on his Twitter account. I have spoken with parents, children, educators, administrators, community leaders and colleagues on both sides of the aisle. My vote was a representation of these collective voices, not just constituents in my district but from across our state.
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