Poll: Trump leads Clinton in Utah Libertarian Johnson surging Lilburn Boggs singled out Mormons in his infamous extermination order of 1838. Larry Pressler, who said Trump’s plan reminded him of when Missouri Gov. Listen to Mitt Romney, who said Trump “fired before aiming” when he decided a blanket religious ban was a solution to the threat of terrorism. This policy would literally undo what made America great in the first place.īut you don’t have to take it from me. To this day, I wonder if he even understands the implications of his proposal. Trump’s Muslim ban would undo centuries of American tradition and values. With a new, outrageous headline seeming to pop up every day, it’s easy to forget that Trump showed us his true colors early on, when he proposed banning all Muslims from our shores. He’s all but proposed abandoning our NATO allies, and we recently learned he even mused about the possible first-use of nuclear weapons. In just the last couple of weeks, he’s attacked the parents of an American soldier who gave his life for this country. And it’s something that Donald Trump doesn’t seem to grasp.Įvery day, Trump continues to prove he lacks the morals to be our commander-in-chief. It’s one of the sacred ideals that defines us as a country.
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That was true all the way back in 1786, when Thomas Jefferson wrote that “all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion.” One year later, that idea was enshrined in our Constitution forever. We stood up for these oppressed communities because Americans know that democracy ceases to exist when a leader or ruling faction can impose a particular faith on everyone else.Ĭlinton, Trump, Johnson and more: Read political coverage on And along with Jon Huntsman, our then-ambassador in Beijing, I stood in solidarity with Chinese Christians facing persecution from their government. As secretary of state, I made it a cornerstone of our foreign policy to protect the rights of religious minorities around the world - from Coptic Christians in Egypt to Buddhists in Tibet. I’ve been fighting to defend religious freedom for years. As Americans, we hold fast to the belief that everyone has the right to worship however he or she sees fit. Those timeless ideas teach us that we’re stronger together when we work in unison to solve our problems, no matter what we look like, where we come from or how we pray. I’m running for president to make sure our country continues to live up to our founding principles. We are pleased to offer this exclusive op-ed from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. We've published exclusive op-eds from Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Editor's note: The Deseret News has asked the major presidential candidates to share their views with our readers.
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