search
The Salt Lake Tribune
Trends
- 1Letter questions LDS Church's selective stance on moral issues●Letter: In opposing Idaho’s abortion measure, the LDS Church says it weighs in on issues that have ‘significant moral consequences.’ Why, then, does it stay mum on so many others?
A letter published in The Salt Lake Tribune criticizes the LDS Church for opposing Idaho's abortion measure on the grounds that it involves 'significant moral consequences,' while remaining silent on other issues the writer considers equally grave. The piece argues the church's stated criteria for political involvement are applied inconsistently, raising questions about which moral causes it chooses to address publicly.
- 2LDS Church abortion message to voters called coercive●Voices: The LDS Church’s abortion message to voters is not peacemaking. It is coercive control at every level.
A commentary in The Salt Lake Tribune argues that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' abortion guidance to voters amounts to coercive control rather than peacemaking, criticizing the church's influence over members' political choices. The piece challenges the institution's framing of its election-season messaging on abortion.