Elder Oaks Full Remarks at Claremont Religious Freedom Conference

The following was delivered Friday, March 25, 2016, at Claremont Graduate University by Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. www.mormonnewsroom.org/article...

[@josephshumway]

This is a wonderful talk by President Oaks when he was in the twelve

[@isaacabraham3088]

Whoever believe with no doubt in heart not only listen this apostle of Christ will be bless in his or her precious lives as long as he or she live, I promise you in the name of our Heavenly Father, amen.

[@raqueljenson5972]

Has member of the church of Jesus Christ, we like the same respect from others as we live our lives in a cordings to our believes.
Freedom of religion is everyone’s right along with freedom of speech.
Let’s choose kindness, respect, love to everyone, our society has a whole will benefit from it. ❤️

[@1stPersonStateConsciousness]

It's nice to know that I attended a conference that would later be uploaded on this channel

[@DanielMcMullenismyname]

Being a Saint from Indiana, I have nothing but admiration for the Church and its effort to maintain common positions for freedom, and I'm grateful for the enabling power of the atonement. I appreciated this talk, and look forward to more! #elderoaks

[@Quagthistle]

As always, an excellent talk by Elder Oaks!

[@david20042006]

Brilliant Elder Oaks! How clear and inspiring message!

[@lateshastephens9343]

Well done, as always Elder Oaks!

[@ZacharyDuvallT]

Very thorough and well thought out

[@yolandaespinola2809]

Religion and society

[@OldBono54]

Sounds like a great "confernece."

[@lateshastephens9343]

Who is committed to the principle of the separation of Church and State??? Not me!!!!! Where did that even come from? Certainly not from our founding fathers or the original sacred Constitution of the United States. "One Nation under God"! This is the ONLY way to stand and remain standing. We must return to God as a nation!

[@Clem-Kadiddlehopper]

Without the "separation of church and state" - the LDS Church would not exist.
Virtually all of our founding fathers advocated for this separation in different ways at different times. Here are a few:
“Every new & successful example therefore of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters, is of importance. And I have no doubt that every new example, will succeed, as every past one has done, in shewing that religion & Govt. will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.
[Letter to Edward Livingston, 10 July 1822 - Writings 9:100--103]”
― James Madison, James Madison: Writings
“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.
[Letter objecting to the use of government land for churches, 1803]”
― James Madison
“...legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.”
― Thomas Jefferson, Letters of Thomas Jefferson
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“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.”
― John Adams
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“Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it in perpetuity by ecclesiastical corporations. The establishment of the chaplainship in Congress is a palpable violation of equal rights as well as of Constitutional principles. The danger of silent accumulations and encroachments by ecclesiastical bodies has not sufficiently engaged attention in the U.S.”
― James Madison