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*Brigham never made a statement like this, but other Church leaders have made statements to this effect:
 
*Brigham never made a statement like this, but other Church leaders have made statements to this effect:
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**John Taylor: "[T]here is no law, human or divine, that can rightful[l]y rob us of those liberties or trample upon our rights. We have a right to worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience; and no man, legally, in this land, has a right to interfere with us for so doing." ({{JDfairwiki|vol=5|disc=31|start=182}})
 
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**Orson Pratt: "If we do not transgress the law, then let us be free, like any other American citizens, and let us worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience."<ref>{{JDfairwiki|vol=7|disc=34|start=225}}</ref>
 
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**George Q. Cannon: "[T]o take our flight as best we could in our poverty to some remote land where we could worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience in peace and in quietness."<ref>{{JDfairwiki|vol=26|disc=30|start=285}}</ref>
 
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The following quote cannot be located in any of the writings or sermons given by Brigham Young. Brigham Young is claimed to have said:

"The government should stay out of the lives of the Saints and let us worship and practice our religion according to the dictates of our own conscience."


Response

  • Brigham never made a statement like this, but other Church leaders have made statements to this effect:
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