Utah University President Speaks On Challenges To Religious Freedom

University of Utah president Michael K. Young, formerly a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and an advisor on religious freedom to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, addressed the LDS International Society on Monday on the challenges to religious freedom. KSL News reports on the speech in which Young elaborated on three arguments he says that critics are using to limit freedom of religion in the U.S.: (1) Religion is not special; (2) Religion is good, but a private affair; and (3) Religion has a negative impact.  In the Q and A, Young, expanding on his contention that Mormons should be among the most passionate civil libertarians in the world, said: "we all ought to be members of the ACLU."