Retired federal Judge Thomas Griffith discusses how to practice politics without “losing your soul.”
Thomas B. Griffith testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington in this March 8, 2005, file photo. Griffith retired from the federal bench in 2020.Today’s world seems more divided than ever on political solutions to seemingly intractable problems, and some such rifts have seeped into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Many members have entrenched themselves in their own partisan positions, choosing derision over dialogue by refusing to talk or even listen to other viewpoints. Others have chosen to eschew politics altogether, believing that it is impossible for policymakers to get anything right and that politics has no place with faith.
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