Faith Matters damages faith by forgetting our sacrificial unity

I was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sept. 30, 1978, 45 years ago, the day at which members during General Conference sustained the earlier revelation that year about the priesthood being open to all worthy males.

My wife, Sally, and I joined the church when we were married teenagers. We now have six children and 23 grandchildren. Though we originally are from just outside of Washington, D.C. — married, baptized, and sealed while living there — my work at Sutherland Institute brought us to Utah for 20 years.

Unless you were born after 2000, you probably know of me through my public policy work at Sutherland Institute — conservative, fearless, controversial, and effective. I am an orthodox Saint.

Salt Lake Tribune