Education Week: Participants urged to defend religious freedom from international threats - The Daily Universe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Religious freedom protects the rights of religious organizations as institutions.
58% : Atkin pointed out that the Book of Mormon is a "guide for our day" in defending religious freedom and living the gospel.
58% : Religious freedom should be important to all people, Atkin said, because religion makes up people's identity, ensures individual agency, and is the key to progressing back toward God.
57% : He said all of the apostles of the Church have spoken about religious freedom which shows just how important the topic is.
53% : Religious freedom includes having the agency to freely believe according to one's own conscience.
52% : Education Week: Participants urged to defend religious freedom from international threatsA Monday Education Week presentation encouraged participants to be informed on the international threats facing freedom of religion.
51% : Religious freedom is also a divine law and fundamental right that cannot be taken away, which is why it is in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, Atkin said.
51% : He encouraged the audience to be informed, speak up, take a more active role in the community, get involved in defending these issues and to be an example of the believers to ensure religious freedom for all faiths.
49% : Atkin said some who are opposed to religious freedom are also pushing for employment and educational policies that restrict religious individuals from job advancement, government funded scholarships or even from holding public office.
43% : Individual threats to religious freedom also deal with parenting, Atkin said, where some of society is questioning whether parents are allowed to teach religion to their children, make religious decisions on behalf of children or opt children out of certain school programs that might be contrary to their religious beliefs.
42% : Collectively, Atkin said members of the Church need to advocate in defense of religious freedom.
41% : Both institutionally and individually, Atkin encouraged participants to be informed on the threats toward religious freedom.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.