On Sunday, July 5, 2026, all members of the Church are asked to “participate in a unified fast to express gratitude for religious liberty and to pray that it be strengthened throughout the World”.
President Dallin H. Oaks taught: On contested issues, we should seek to moderate and unify …
There are many political issues, and no party, platform, or individual candidate can satisfy all personal preferences. Each citizen must therefore decide which issues are most important to him or her at any particular time. Then members should seek inspiration on how to exercise their influence according to their individual priorities. This process will not be easy. It may require changing party support or candidate choices, even from election to election.
Such independent actions will sometimes require voters to support candidates or political parties or platforms whose other positions they cannot approve. That is one reason we encourage our members to refrain from judging one another in political matters. We should never assert that a faithful Latter-day Saint cannot belong to a particular party or vote for a particular candidate. We teach correct principles and leave our members to choose how to prioritize and apply those principles on the issues presented from time to time. We also insist, and we ask our local leaders to insist, that political choices and affiliations not be the subject of teachings or advocacy in any of our Church meetings. (“Defending Our Divinely Inspired Constitution,” Liahona, May 2021, 107, 108)
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