Here’s a glimpse of what you will read in the article:

Fortunately, the Supreme Court has never held that citizens could not join together to translate their moral beliefs into laws or public policies even when those beliefs are derived from religious doctrine. Indeed, there are many sophisticated and articulate spokesmen for the proposition that the separation of church and state never intended to exclude religiously grounded values from the public square. For example, I offer the words of Richard John Neuhaus:

“In a democracy that is free and robust, an opinion is no more disqualified for being ‘religious’ than for being atheistic, or psychoanalytic, or Marxist, or just plain dumb. There is no legal or constitutional question about the admission of religion to the public square; there is only a question about the free and equal participation of citizens in our public business. Religion is not a reified ‘thing’ that threatens to intrude upon our common life. Religion in public is but the public opinion of those citizens who are religious.

(This article was written in 1992, but the principles may still be of interest, even as some of the specifics of recent important public policy issues are not included.)

As an FYI, Leaders of our Church attended the inaguration of Barack Obama. You can read more about that here and here.

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Sister Julie B. Beck
Sister Silvia H. Allred
Sister Barbara B. Thompson
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

You can also find audio and video streams as well.

Women here and here talk about how talks were just what they needed to hear.

You can read a couple of news summaries here and here.

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Emily M. shares how President Uchtdorf’s talk touched and inspired her. “I…felt like I was given a greater vision of who I could become.” Read her whole post  at here here at Segullah’s blog

Tiffany writes: “I look forward to the Relief Society Broadcast every year. I know that I will walk away feeling spiritually fed and feeling the unconditional love of our Heavenly Father….” Read more from her blog here.

And Cheryl writes here and says:

I loved the broadcast! Some of the thoughts I had I’ve already written on my own blog, but here are a few things I loved about it:

Being called to action to serve more, pray more, listen more and have more joy.

Realizing that undervaluing my abilities does not help me feel better about myself; I need to be positive!

Allow quiet moments for reflection and repentance.

Live up to your privileges!

It was such an inspiring meeting about happiness and hope and I’m so glad I went. I just hope I can remember everything that had be taught and that I can try to be better and serve more.

Read comments from other women on cheryl’s blog here.

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