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'''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints''',<ref>[http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ca07ae4af9c7e010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD Style Guide& - The Name of the Church] LDS.org</ref> known as the '''LDS Church''' or, more colloquially, the '''Mormon Church''', is the largest denomination originating from the Latter-Day Saint movement founded by [[Joseph Smith]]. Its members are colloquially referred to as "Mormons." As of 2015, the Church reports over 15.3 million members worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/2014-statistical-report-for-2015-april-general-conference|title="2014 Statistical Report for 2015 April General Conference"|publisher=''Mormon Newsroom''|date=April 4, 2015|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_lds.html|title=Geographic statistics|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}</ref>

'''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints''',<ref>[http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ca07ae4af9c7e010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD Style Guide& - The Name of the Church] LDS.org</ref> known as the '''LDS Church''' or, more colloquially, the '''Mormon Church''', is the largest denomination originating from the Latter-Day Saint movement founded by [[Joseph Smith]]. Its members are colloquially referred to as "Mormons." As of 2015, the Church reports over 15.3 million members worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/2014-statistical-report-for-2015-april-general-conference|title="2014 Statistical Report for 2015 April General Conference"|publisher=''Mormon Newsroom''|date=April 4, 2015|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_lds.html|title=Geographic statistics|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}</ref>

Originally an American religion, most of its members are outside of the [[United States]] now, and church leaders are pro-[[immigration]] and [[globalism|globalist]]. Church leaders are coordinating a smear campaign against President [[Donald Trump]], which has been perpetrated by [[Jeff Flake]], [[Mitt Romney]], [[Harry Reid]], and [[Jon Huntsman]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The first three (Flake, Romney and Reid) have repeatedly attacked President Trump in a personal, offensive manner; the fourth, Huntsman, reportedly authored an anonymous criticism of Trump in the ''[[The New York Times]]''|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/new-york-times-op-ed-anonymous-writer-trump.html|acessdate=March 9, 2020}}</ref>

Originally an American religion, most of its members are outside of the [[United States]] now, and church leaders are pro-[[immigration]].

Though traditionally associated with [[conservative]] values, the Mormon Church is increasingly [[liberal]] on social issues such as the [[homosexual agenda]] and [[transgenderism]], and [[Utah]] has not passed strong [[pro-life]] laws like the [[Heartbeat Bill]]. The Utah legislature considers and sometimes enacts social legislation that conservative states would not pass, such as considering a ban on [[conversion therapy]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/utah-might-pass-a-ban-on-lgbt-conversion-therapy|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}</ref> This seems to make the false equivalence between the people of Utah and the LDS Church. While Utah is becoming more liberal, that may be because Utah is experiencing an influx of non-LDS immigrants, and not because the LDS Church is liberalizing.

Though traditionally associated with [[conservative]] values, the Mormon Church is increasingly [[liberal]] on social issues such as the [[homosexual agenda]] and [[transgenderism]], and [[Utah]] has not passed strong [[pro-life]] laws like the [[Heartbeat Bill]]. The Utah legislature considers and sometimes enacts social legislation that some conservative states would not pass, such as considering a ban on [[conversion therapy]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/utah-might-pass-a-ban-on-lgbt-conversion-therapy|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}</ref> This seems to make the false equivalence between the people of Utah and the LDS Church. While Utah is becoming more liberal, that may be because Utah is experiencing an influx of non-LDS immigrants, and not because the LDS Church is liberalizing.

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