Russell M. Nelson said:
“Religious communities bear responsibilities. Each must be able to set rules for membership and behavior. Religious societies have a right and a responsibility to deal with their members for improper conduct. Those societies can withdraw from members the fellowship of the organization. Religious freedom allows the right of individual followers of a faith to exit from that faith.
Every religious group, while perhaps a majority somewhere, is also inevitably a minority somewhere else. Thus religious organizations should and do show tolerance towards members of other religious denominations.
All citizens, regardless of religious affiliation, have a responsibility to the country that grants them citizenship. The religious community of which I am apart teaches its members to obey, honor, and sustain the law, wherever they live. (see Articles of Faith 1:12).
(“Freedom to do and to Be,” International Scientific and Practical Conference: “Religious Freedom: Transition and Globalization,” Kiev, Ukraine, May 27, 2004) ~ Teachings of Russell M. Nelson (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2018) 315
