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SALT LAKE CITY — As people around the world celebrate their freedoms at different times throughout the year - including tomorrow in the U.S. - a blog from the Mormon newsroom reminds the public that religious freedom is an important part of that.
The blog says religious freedom is at the heart of the most basic and fundamental rights of people around the world.
In January, MormonNewsroom.org published a six-part series on religious freedom. It examined:
- What religious freedom means
- Why it is necessary
- Why it matters to Mormons
- Religion's important place in society
- What is required of citizens to keep religious freedom healthy
The series of reports states that "religious freedom is the human right to think, act upon and express what one deeply believes, according to the dictates of his or her moral conscience. The breadth of religious freedom and its relationship with freedom of conscience helps explain why religious freedom is important for everyone, not just for people of faith."
The blog also points out that one of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Articles of Faith states, "We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may."
