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Summarized by LDScitizen
LDScitizen.com Becomes First LDS Political and Civic Involvement Web Site
SALT LAKE CITY - Just in time for the millennium's first election,
LDScitizen.com steps on to the political stage. On August 31,
2000 at 11:00 a.m., LDScitizen.com will take its place as the Internet's
first site dedicated to supporting LDS involvement in
civic and political affairs. Congressman Chris Cannon and gubernatorial
hopeful, Bill Orton, will be on hand at the Utah State
Capitol Building to assist in the unveiling of the site.
Arriving in the wake of an LDS Church emphasis on Public Affairs,
LDScitizen hopes to educate the United States' 5,113,409 LDS citizens
while remaining decidedly nonpartisan. The site will not endorse any
position on the issues, except in cases where the LDS Church has taken a
clear stand. Instead the site will act as the premier virtual headquarters
for a variety of political and civic news, ideas, and opportunities of
interest to LDS people.
The founding document for LDScitizen.com explains, "As people with a
common bond of faith, we must do more, collectively, to elect leaders of
integrity, support measures that preserve the quality of our lives, and
oppose attempts to undermine the family, religious freedom, or the moral
climate of our country."
Co-founder Dallin Anderson explains, "Church leaders from Joseph Smith to
Gordon B. Hinckley have encouraged involvement in political and civic
affairs. LDScitizen.com provides the education, information,
encouragement, and tools to help Latter-day Saints be effectively involved
in the democratic process, irrespective of their political ideology."
Founded by a team of LDS young people, members of the LDScitizen team are
located across the United States and include three former BYU student body
presidents. The organization is non-profit; and all work is done on a
volunteer basis.
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LDScitizen.com Becomes First LDS Political and Civic Involvement Web Site
LDS Citizen Press Release 31Aug00 T4
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