Elder Dallin H. Oaks delivered a major address on religious freedom at Chapman University law school last Friday. His primary themes were familiar to LDS observers who follow this issue: Cardinal Francis George, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, delivered a speech on threats to religious freedom at BYU last year, and Elder Oaks himself spoke on the same issues at BYU-Idaho just a few months before that. Indeed, the proper role of religious voices in public debate has been a question of long-standing interest for Oaks, who was writing on the topic more than twenty years ago, long before the current controversy surrounding the Church's support of Proposition 8 brought attention to the issue.
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