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Word choice matters. We see this in Leftists use of scare quotes around terms like Religious freedom. We also see this in the case of the Salt Lake Tribune covering issues related to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They refer to the Sepetem Six purge, without even putting quotes around purge. A purge historically was a killing of leaders. That is not fit here. Also, since the people were not Church leaders the whole rhetoric of purge does not make sense. It only has resonance if you falsely assume the Church is lead by intellectuals instead of by the people who are called and sustainted to lead the Church such as the general authorities. The restored Church is lead by a lay priesthood, and this is something that the Tribune does not seem to want to understand. Even though the general authorities receive a stipend for their running of the Church on a fulltime basis this does not change their lay nature. They are not called based on having studied for the ministry. A...

Gina Colvin has become a cause celebre of some liberals in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is facing a disciplinary council. Amazingly it is not for her very questionable writings calling for things like "decolonizing Mormonism". No, it is for being baptized into the Anglican Church. The amazing thing is that anyone thinks it is worth spilling ink to defend her against excommunication. If the Church fails to excommunicate her it would be a total travesty of Church teachings on the gospel of Jesus Christ being found in the Church and the uniqueness of priesthood authority. However such ideas I guess have become abhorrant to the Ordain Womyn crowd. It is high time to secure doctrinal unity.