Gordon Monson: Mixing so-called Christianity with politics is a threat to our democracy, even in Utah

“Under no circumstances should any Christian force his or her beliefs on people of other faiths, or, people of no faith. We get too much of that in Utah, where The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wields so much political power.”

(Patrick Semansky | AP) A Christian cross is held outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington in July 2020. Salt Lake Tribune columnist Gordon Monson warns that Christian nationalism threatens the foundations on which the United States was built.