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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. -- In a speech Friday at the Harvard Law School Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said colleges and universities have largely abandoned teaching religion.
"With but few exceptions, colleges and universities have become value-free places where attitudes toward religion are neutral at best," said Elder Oaks. "Some faculty and administrators are powerful contributors to the forces that are driving religion to the margins of American society. Students and other religious people who believe in the living reality of God and moral absolutes are being marginalized."
Students and other religious people, who believe in the living reality of God and moral absolutes, are being marginalized.
–Elder Dallin H. Oaks
Elder Oaks' spoke to the law school's Latter-day Saints Student Association. In addition to talking about how higher education is destroying faith, Oaks also addressed basic Mormon beliefs such as the purpose of life and personal revelation.
In a speech last October to students at BYU-Idaho, Elder Oaks spoke about the religious discrimination members of his faith experienced following the passage of Proposition 8 in California and compared it to voter discrimination African Americans suffered in the 1960s.
he said respect for religion in American life is deteriorating and emphasized that people of faith must insist on their constitutional rights to practice their religion and vote their consciences.
For a story on Elder Oaks full speech to the Harvard Law School go to the Deseret News.
