"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 a love of liberty
which inspires my soul — civil and religious liberty to the whole of the human
race."
—Joseph Smith, 1843
Learn more about the importance of religious freedom at religious freedom.lds.org.
