Gary Herbert, a Republican, and Lew Cramer, who worked in the Reagan administration, he says, while others - including “22 influencers, mostly millennials” - asked to be involved. He invited several people he knew to be part of his Founders Month committee, including former Utah Gov. Indeed, Callister insists that it is definitely not a partisan group. “We do not believe that doing so is a partisan issue.” “The church has always held the Constitution as important in the founding of this nation and encouraged our members to study its origins and understand its principles,” says spokesperson Doug Andersen. These connections - plus the letter from the Utah Area Presidency - can leave the impression of general church approval of this campaign.Ĭallister, however, vehemently denies any such backing and the church did not comment specifically on the group. The 18-member committee also included Joy Jones, former worldwide head of the faith’s Primary organization, who wrote a booklet titled “Why I Love America.” Why I Love America established a Founders Month planning committee, led by Tad Callister, an emeritus Latter-day Saint general authority and a former churchwide Sunday school president. He is urging Utah members to become more education about the U.S. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) General authority Seventy Kevin Pearson, Utah Area president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, provides a media tour of the new 95 State meetinghouse in April 2022.
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