I recently attended a lecture by Connor Boyack on “The Civic Duty of the Latter-day Saints”. Even though I’ve previously read most (maybe all) of the quotes presented, I love the way Connor brought them all together into what can be used as a great guide for Latter-day Saints regarding their civic duties…

Throughout the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, those who have been sustained as its leaders have repeatedly spoken out on political matters. This has occurred not so much because prophets feel it their duty to opine on controversial topics of temporal relevance, but because the spiritual and temporal elements of our lives are understood by the Latter-day Saints to be, at their core, one and the same.

We have therefore received instructions and commandments regarding our civic duty right alongside similar commandments regarding our spiritual duties as members of the Church. Home teaching, magnifying our callings, temple worship, and paying our tithes and offerings are on an equal platform, to some extent, with our activities to study, support, and defend the principles of liberty and our Republican government…

Read the full text of The Civic Duty of the Latter-day Saints…