Mormon Press Office: Church’s Image Survived the Campaign

Jason Horowitz of The Washington Post interviews Michael Otterson and Michael Purdy, two spokesmen for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on the importance of the campaign for the Mormon Church. Otterson and Purdy discuss how the campaign facilitated a more acceptance of the religion, as well as how the church managed to stay politically neutral. “Overall we’re relatively pleased,” Otterson stated, “Plenty of exceptions, but we are relatively pleased that we got through this campaign without the church being dragged into the middle of politics.”   

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