Certainly this is not “honoring and sustaining the law” and as I mentioned, this must have been a situation created by local leaders and not the Church itself. Our Church is very conscious of its image and of doing the right thing. When things like this happen, it allows Mormon Haters to burst forth and to join with those who are conscious of our border problem, such as me. Since I have been subjected to bigotry most of my life, this is not a comfortable position to be in. Trust me, however, this problem will be cleaned up soon. The LDS Church is not a Sanctuary Church.
The article quotes various church leaders in SLC, so it appears to be known and approved at the top. The article is from the Tribune, however, an anti-LDS rag.
#1, isn't it to automatically label all followers of Christian sects as apostate sects;
to label all their professing believers "corrupt";
all their creeds "an abomination" before the Lord [Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith - History, vv. 18-20]
-- isn't that intolerably "bigoted?"
#2, If somebody is wrong re: as to accuse others of being "hate-filled" when they aren't, doesn't that come closer to "hate" than to "love?"
Our Church is very conscious of its image and of doing the right thing. When things like this happen...
Did you mean when things like this happen -- or when things like this are FOUND OUT? (Especially in light of post #15?)
The LDS Church is not a Sanctuary Church.
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Apparently their Mission policies show otherwise.