1. INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND THE CHURCH 2008 WILLIAM F. ATKIN ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL

2. OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS “And it shall come to pass that they shall go forth into the regions round about, and preach repentance unto the people. And many shall be converted, insomuch that ye shall obtain power to organize yourselves according to the laws of man; That your enemies may not have power over you; that you may be preserved in all things; that you may be enabled to keep my laws; that every bond may be broken wherewith the enemy seeketh to destroy my people.” (D&C 44:3-5)

3. 11th ARTICLE OF FAITH: “We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let they worship how, where, or what they may.”

4. “The Saints can testify whether I am willing to lay down my life for my brethren. If it has been demonstrated that I have been willing to die for a ‘Mormon,’ I am bold to declare before Heaven that I am just as ready to die in defending the rights of a Presbyterian, a Baptist, or a good man of any denomination; for the same principle which would trample upon the rights of the Latter-day Saints would trample upon the rights of the Roman Catholics, or of any other denomination who may be unpopular and too weak to defend themselves. It is the love of liberty that inspires my soul..ivil and religious liberty to the whole of the human race.” Joseph Smith

5. “We believe that religion is instituted of God; and that men are amenable to him, and to him only, for the exercise of it, unless their religious opinions prompt them to infringe upon the rights and liberties of others; but we do not believe that human law has a right to interfere in prescribing rules of worship to bind the consciences of men, nor dictate forms for public or private devotion; that the civil magistrate should restrain crime, but never control conscience; should punish guilt, but never suppress the freedom of the soul” (D&C 134:4)

6. RIGHT TO WORSHIP RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE RIGHT TO SELF-GOVERNANCE RIGHT TO LEGAL ENTITY STATUS RIGHT TO PUBLIC DELARATION OF BELIEFS RIGHT TO TRAVEL FREELY MINIMUM OBLIGATIONS OF GOVERNMENT

7. SECULARSIM DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD ANTI-CULT MOVEMENT INCREASED LITIGATION MORE TAX SCRUTINY FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

8. DE FACTO STATE RELIGION IN EUROPE EAST AND CIS CONSTANT PRESSURE APPLIED ON NATIONAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO RESTRICT NON-ORTHODOX RELIGIONS IMPACT OF DECENTRALIZATION