{"id":6166,"date":"2017-04-26T18:07:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T18:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2023-05-20T05:51:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T05:51:41","slug":"utah-remembers-past-tells-us-help-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/utah-remembers-past-tells-us-help-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Mormon Ban to the Muslim Ban, Utah Governor Stands Up for Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, Utah\u2019s Republican Governor Gary Herbert&nbsp;took to social media&nbsp;to reject Trump\u2019s anti-Muslim rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGovGaryHerbert%2Fposts%2F1013003448720770&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Utah is, as many know, the central hub for the Church of Latter Day Saints (aka Mormons). About 150 years ago, they were persecuted for their religious practices. Today, they speak clearly when they say NO to the Muslim ban, and YES to helping the refugees.<br \/>\n\u2800\u2800<br \/>\nElder Jeffrey Holland said, \u201cGovernments today are not responding to the refugee problem urgently enough, nor on a large enough scale \u2026 The world needs to be more outraged than it is.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2800\u2800<br \/>\nLast Spring the Church launched a program called \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/refugees\">I Was a Stranger<\/a>\u2019 that assists refugees with immediate relief, long-term aid, and resettlement support.<br \/>\n\u2800\u2800<br \/>\nBig ups to the Gov Herbert and LDS&nbsp;crew for taking action and staying outraged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Rise up! Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/refugees\">I Was A Stranger<\/a> to learn more about how to help refugees.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, Utah\u2019s Republican Governor Gary Herbert took to social media to reject Trump\u2019s anti-Muslim rhetoric.     Utah is, as many know, the central hub for the Church of Latter Day Saints (aka Mormons). About 150 years ago, they were persecuted for their religious practices. Today, they speak clearly when they say NO to the Muslim ban, and YES to helping\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[536,173,537,496,538,539,175,540,541],"class_list":["post-6166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-borderless","category-breaking-bread","tag-gary-herbert","tag-immigration","tag-latter-day-saints","tag-migration","tag-mormons","tag-muslims","tag-no-bans-no-walls","tag-travel-ban","tag-utah"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mormon Ban to the Muslim Ban, Utah Governor Stands Up for Refugees<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Utah Governor Fighting back against ignorance. 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